Coatings with embedded pigments
AssigneePPG Industries Ohio, Inc.
InventorsVijesh Anant Tanna, Ronald James Kralic, Jr., Corey James DeDomenic, Abdulrahman Dawoud Ibrahim, Douglas Gordon Montjoy, Vincent Salvatore Pagnotti, Jr.
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Abstract
A hardened coating layer that includes a film forming component and a pigment component that includes a pigment is disclosed. The pigment component can be applied to at least a portion of a surface of the film forming component that is at least partially unhardened when the pigment component is applied, such that the pigment becomes embedded in the film forming component, where the pigment component does not itself form a film.
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A hardened coating layer comprising:
- a. a film forming component;
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- b. a pigment component comprising a pigment;
- wherein the pigment component is applied to at least a portion of a surface of the film forming component that is at least partially unhardened when the pigment component is applied, such that the pigment becomes embedded in the film forming component;
- wherein the pigment component does not itself form a film.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.