Patents by Inventor Ira J. Shapiro

Ira J. Shapiro 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).

  • WOOD STAIN COMPOSITION AND FINISHING METHOD
    Publication number: 20100048787
    Abstract: A stain composition includes a stable blend of a light fast dye, a pigment, a hydrocarbon solvent, an alkyd resin, and a compatibilizer solvent. The stain composition may further include one or more oxygenated solvents in addition to the compatibilizer solvent, which may be a glycol ether solvent. The compositions of the present invention facilitate replacing, in a single tinting step, the separate dye tinting and pigment tinting steps used in conventional wood finishing schedules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2009
    Publication date: February 25, 2010
    Applicant: THE SHERWIN-WILLIAMS COMPANY
    Inventors: Ira J. Shapiro, Timothy A. Pierce