Patents by Inventor Michael D. Shesterkin

Michael D. Shesterkin 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).

  • Polyurethane resins in water-dilutable basecoats having low flash and quick-drying characteristics
    Patent number: 4791168
    Abstract: This invention, therefore, relates to the field of polyurethane coatings for use in automobile basecoat/clearcoat systems. In particular, this invention relates to the discovery that incorporating a long-chain carboxylic acid of at least 50% by weight of the carboxylic acid component used to make polyester resins which are further incorporated into polyurethane resins provides basecoat composition exhibiting low temperature flash characteristics. These low temperature flash characteristics are exhibited even where the basecoat is deposited at 50-90% relative humidity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 1987
    Date of Patent: December 13, 1988
    Assignee: BASF Corporation, Inmont Division
    Inventors: Timothy Salatin, Thomas C. Balch, Michael C. Knight, Michael D. Shesterkin, John S. Van Antwerp, Paul E. Lamberty, Robert A. Aamodt
  • Polyurethane resins in water-dilutable basecoats having low flash and quick-drying characteristics
    Patent number: RE34730
    Abstract: This invention, therefore, relates to the field of polyurethane coatings for use in automobile basecoat/clearcoat systems. In particular, this invention relates to the discovery that incorporating a long-chain carboxylic acid of at least 50% by weight of the carboxylic acid component used to make polyester resins which are further incorporated into polyurethane resins provides basecoat composition exhibiting low temperature flash characteristics. These low temperature flash characteristics are exhibited even where the basecoat is deposited at 50-90% relative humidity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 1993
    Date of Patent: September 13, 1994
    Assignee: BASF Corporation, Inmont Division
    Inventors: Timothy Salatin, Thomas C. Balch, Michael C. Knight, Michael D. Shesterkin, John S. Van Antwerp, Paul E. Lamberty, Robert A. Aamodt