Abstract: A coating composition comprises at least one material dispersed in a vinyl or acrylic polymer, wherein the vinyl or acrylic polymer comprises (a) one or more anchor group monomer units (a) having an ionizable or active hydrogen functionality or a functionality that forms a covalent bond with the dispersed material, wherein the ionizable functionality is other than a carboxylic acid group in which the carbonyl carbon is separated from the closest ethylenically unsaturated carbon by at least four atoms and the anchor group monomer units (a) are other than those having polyoxyalkylene groups; (b) about 5% to about 45% by weight of one or more stabilizer monomer units (b) having a carboxylic acid group in which the carbonyl carbon is separated from the closest ethylenically unsaturated carbon by at least four atoms, having polyoxyalkylene groups, having gamma-hydroxy carbamate or beta-hydroxy carbamate groups, and combinations thereof; and (c) up to about 50 percent by weight of aromatic monomer units.

Abstract: A coating composition comprises at least one pigment dispersed in an acrylic polymer, wherein the acrylic polymer is prepared by first polymerizing a mixture of ethylenically unsaturated monomers comprising: (a) at least about 15% by weight unsaturated meta-isopropenyl-?,?-dimethylbenzyl isocyanate; (b) at least one further aromatic polymerizable monomer, in an amount so that monomers (a) and (b) combined are at least about 50 percent by weight of the mixture of ethylenically unsaturated monomers; and (c) at least one alkyl (meth)acrylate to form a polymer, and secondly, reacting the isocyanate groups of the polymer with a (d) a hydroxyalkyl acid in which the hydroxy and acid groups are separated by at least four atoms or with a diol having both a primary hydroxyl group and a secondary hydroxyl group and then with a cyclic anhydride and, optionally, with one or more members selected from the group consisting of (e) hydroxyethylene ethyl urea, (f) methoxypolyethylene glycols, and (g) other, different materi

Abstract: The present invention is a coating composition having good scratch resistance and a method for improving the scratch resistance of a coating composition. The coating composition comprises(A) a film forming binder system containing a crosslinkable resin and optionally a crosslinking agent for the crosslinkable resin;(B) substantially colorless carbide or inorganic microparticles, range in size from about 1 to 1000 nanometers prior to incorporation in the coating composition, and the microparticles are reactive with the crosslinkable portion of the film forming binder system;(C) a solvent system for the crosslinkable resin, optional crosslinking agent, and microparticles, wherein the crosslinkable resin is present in an amount from about 10 to about 80% by weight and the inorganic microparticles are present in an amount from 0.1 to 60.0% by weight based on the sum of the weights of the crosslinkable resin, the optional crosslinking agent, and the inorganic microparticles.