Patents by Inventor Franklin Roberts Hilfiker

Franklin Roberts Hilfiker 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).

  • Finishes containing light interference pigments
    Patent number: 5871827
    Abstract: This application discloses two-coat and three-coat automotive finishes, articles coated by an automotive finish and a process for their preparation wherein polychromism is achieved in the finish by incorporating an opaque, light interference pigment into the topcoat or a midcoat. The invention further relates to a coating composition which contains an opaque interference pigment at a pigment to binder ratio of less than 7/100.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 16, 1999
    Assignee: Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corporation
    Inventors: Edward Ephraim Jaffe, Franklin Roberts Hilfiker, Milton John Misogianes