Marbelizing Process u.& Patent 5,639,513. June 17, 1997 E. Latham, Reisterstown, Md,

In a method for coating a surface of an object with a design, comprising floating a plurality of different colored oil-based paints on a surface of a water conditioned by the addition of a conditioning agent in sufficient amount so that the paints spread in a thin layer floating on the surface of the water containing the conditioning agent, dipping an object into the conditioned wa- ter having the thin layer of paints floating on the surface so that the object contacts the thin layer of paints floating on the surface, removing the object from the wa- ter, and drying to form a coated object that maintains the design, the improvement wherein the conditioning agent is cream of tartar.

Etch-Resistant Flexible Coating U.S. Patent 5,639,554. June 17, 1997 J.D. McGee et al., assignors to BASF Corp., Southfield, Mich.

A method of producing an article with a color-plus-clear composite coating wherein

the flexible clear coating composition com- prises a first component having appended thereto more than one carbamate functional group, and a second component comprising a compound reactive with the carbamate groups, which is a functionalized acryla- mide.

Multilayer Coated Article u.s. Patent 5,639,564. June 17, 1997 S.R. Moysan, I/I and R.W. Sugg, assignors to Baldwin Hardware Corp., Reading, Pa.

An article comprising a metallic sub- strate having disposed on at least a portion of its surface a multilayer brass-colored coating consisting essentially of a layer of semibright nickel; a layer of bright nickel; a layer of palladium-nickel alloy; a layer of zirconium; and a top layer comprised of zirconium compound.

Temporary Coating Capable of Low Temperature Drying u.s. Patent 5,639,614. June 17, 1997 E.J. Van Buskirk and Ft. Mask& assignors to PPG Industries Inc., Pittsburgh

An aqueous, temporary, protective coat- ing composition for application onto metal surfaces comprising a solution-polymer- ized, neutralized, acid- or base-functional polymer; a lubricating material in an amount of 5 to 70% by weight based on total solids of the composition sufficient to provide drawabi[ity of metal onto which it is applied; and solvent including water and, as the major organic solvent, alcohol hav- ing no more than four carbon atoms per molecule; whereby the composition has a flash point above 100°E

Powder Coating u.s. Patent 5,639,821. June 17, 1997 W. Kranig et al., assignors to BASF Lacke Farben AG, Muenster-Hiltrup, Germany

A powder coating including a film form- ing material consisting essentially of 19.9 to 90.0% by weight of a synthetic resin, which contains epoxide groups and ]nay optionally contain ethylenically unsatur- ated double bonds, or of a mixture of such epoxide group containing synthetic resins; 9.9 to 80.0% of a compound that contains carboxyl groups and may optionally con-

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