Royalty Report: Chemicals, Construction, Coating – Collection: 28372

VitriSeal process is a patented process based on inorganic silicate chemistry that makes bright, clear, corrosion-protective coatings on metal surfaces at a lower cost than other clear coatings. VitriSeal, a waterborne coating, has little to no organic vapor emissions and creates minimal waste during the normal process operation.

Products shall mean Supplier's total line of antimicrobial products which uses Supplier's Property, or at any time during the Term of this Agreement, formulated, conceived, processed, sold, offered for sale, treated, promoted, blended, manufactured or otherwise handled by Supplier for the designated end use in accordance with the Attachments hereto and such additions or deletions thereto as the parties may hereafter mutually agree.

Property shall mean the Supplier's antimicrobial technology disclosed in any of its U.S. Patent Applications and related foreign patent applications, together with Supplier's antimicrobial technology being developed for which no patent application has been filed or for which no patent has issued, and all of Supplier's technical know-how and all enhancements, improvements and modifications to such antimicrobial technology that are developed or otherwise acquired by the Supplier before and during the Term of this Agreement for the exclusive end use application in accordance with the Attachments hereto and such additions or deletions thereto as the parties may hereafter mutually agree.

The technology is focused on the polyurethane industry and the floor coatings industry

Some of the target markets include
Industrial and commercial buildings
Civil applications for tunnels and bridges
Private and public garages
Chemical and food processing plants
Warehouses
Monolithic floorings for civil, industrial and military engineering
Marine and Aeronautic applications
Industrial equipment for dairy and liquid fertilizer processing plants and delivery systems
Military facilities and equipment
Protective coatings inside industrial and commercial pipes

A U.S. company, specializing in the discovery and development of nanotechnology-enabled, ultraviolet-curable advanced coatings, announced it has entered into a license agreement with German-based chemical company.

Under the terms of the license agreement, licensor is providing licensee with a non-exclusive license for use of its patents, EP 1 723 180, US 7,323,248, US 7,153,892 and US 7,498,362.

* Patent EP 1 723 180 pertains to a coating for metal objects and can be used on automotive parts and many other industrial articles. The coating is especially useful for metal objects with rubber or plastic parts that would be damaged by heat.

* Patent US 7,323,248 pertains to a coating for fiberglass panels. It applies to a wide variety of panels, especially those used in shopping malls, as it is resistant to sunlight and graffiti can be easily removed.

* Patent US 7,153,892 pertains to a coating for olefin plastics, such as car bumpers. A major benefit of the coating is its ability to adhere without a primer.

* Patent US 7,498,362 pertains to a coating for metal objects. It is very similar to the European patent, but for use in the United States.

A variety of consumer, scientific, and industrial products utilize composite materials, such as fiberglass, in a variety of shapes and forms. Coating such composite surfaces with solvent based coating can be problematic due solvent incompatibility and environmental issues stemming from evaporation of the volatile solvent. Also, such coatings can require thermal curing, resulting in the need for curing ovens, and the associated energy expenditure to operate them. U.S. Pat. No. 4,721,734 describes the use of one-part UV curable compositions incorporating aliphatic urethane acrylates and acrylate monomers to produce non-yellowing coatings. U.S. Pat. No. 5,733,607 describes the use of UV curable coating on fiberglass.

U.S. Patent Applications
Composition of matter comprising UV curable material, photoinitiators, fillers, and solid pigment dispersions. 10/872,531

A process for coating propane tanks and similar articles with a 100% solids, UV curable coating. 60/549,669

Environmentally friendly, 100% solids, actinic radiation curable coating compositions and coated surfaces and coated articles thereof. 10/983,022

Environmentally friendly, assemblages, facilities, and processes for applying anopaque 100% solids, actinic radiation curable coating of objects. 10/982,998

Environmentally friendly, 100% solids, actinic radiation curable coating compositions for coating thermally sensitive surfaces and/or rusted surfaces and methods, processes and assemblages for coating thereof. 11/003,159

Presented herein are environmentally friendly actinic radiation curable, substantially all solids compositions and methods for coating metal objects or plastic objects. Also presented herein are environmentally friendly actinic radiation curable, substantially all solids compositions and methods to obtain flexible, and/or abrasion and scratch resistant, and/or impact resistant and/or smooth, and/or hard coatings, which also exhibits enhanced adhesion and/or slip properties.

10/872,531 (US Patent 7498362) Disclosed are environmentally friendly, substantially all solids coating compositions which are curable using ultraviolet and visible radiation. In certain embodiments, the disclosed coating compositions are suitable for coating flexible objects and/or objects having angular features, such as, but not limited to, flexible metal objects with angular features. In other embodiments, the cured coatings have improved slip properties and at least 6 H hardness. Such embodiments can served as substitutes for hard chrome coatings, TEFLON® coatings, coatings comprising TEFLON®, or TEFLON® like coatings. In addition, methods are disclosed for coating surfaces, or at least a portion of the surfaces, and curing of the coated surface to obtain partially or fully cured coated surfaces. Furthermore, articles of manufacture incorporating fully cured coated surfaces are disclosed, including, for example leaf springs, hydraulic rods and cylinders. Also disclosed are methods, processes, production lines, articles of manufacture, and factories which incorporate these environmentally friendly, substantially all solids coating compositions curable using ultraviolet and visible radiation.