Patents by Inventor Brent Smerak

Brent Smerak has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Color foundation coat and color top coat paint system
    Patent number: 8092909
    Abstract: A paint system is provided that includes a foundation base component combined with a tinted, opaque top coat component and that hides any colors on all types of substrates and maintains the brightness and cleanness for all colors. The foundation base component is a tintable color base containing at least one organic synthetic pigment at an amount of at least twice as much as the amount of organic synthetic pigment in the top coat component. The tintable foundation base component has a volume ratio of organic pigments to inorganic pigments of at least about 0.5 and a volume ratio of organic pigment to polymer binder of at least about 0.1. The volume ratio of organic pigment to polymer binder in the top coat component is less than about 10.1 with at least about 80% by volume of pigments being synthetic organic pigments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignee: Columbia Insurance Company
    Inventors: Yang Yong, Mohammad Asif, Robert Sheerin, Brent Smerak
  • Color Foundation Coat and Color Top Coat Paint System
    Publication number: 20080060552
    Abstract: A paint system is provided that includes a foundation base component combined with a tinted, opaque top coat component and that hides any colors on all types of substrates and maintains the brightness and cleanness for all colors. The foundation base component is a tintable color base containing at least one organic synthetic pigment at an amount of at least twice as much as the amount of organic synthetic pigment in the top coat component. The tintable foundation base component has a volume ratio of organic pigments to inorganic pigments of at least about 0.5 and a volume ratio of organic pigment to polymer binder of at least about 0.1. The volume ratio of organic pigment to polymer binder in the top coat component is less than about 0.1 with at least about 80% by volume of pigments being synthetic organic pigments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2006
    Publication date: March 13, 2008
    Inventors: Yang Yong, Mohammad Asif, Robert Sheerin, Brent Smerak