Fluoropolymer-Coated Article Having Inlaid Pattern U.S. Patent 5,686,160. Nov. 11, 1997 K. Yamada and M. Morita, assignors to Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd., Japan

A fluoropolymer-coated article compris- ing a substrate having at least one surface, a fluoropolymer coating formed to com- pletely cover at least one surface of the substrate and a concave portion formed on a fluoropolymer coating side surface of the fluoropolymer-coated article and recessed from the fluoropolymer coating, said con- cave portion being inlaid with a composi- tion consisting essentially of a fluoropoly- mer and a pigment.

Disbondment-Resistant Epoxy Powder Coating U.S. Patent 5,688,185. Nov. 11, 1997 G.D. Corre/I and ll.M. Berstler, assignors to Morton International Inc., Chicago

A thermosetting epoxy powder coating composition, which is a composition in particulate form that comprises a blend of an epoxy resin comprising a diglycidyl ether of bisphenol A, a curing agent com- prising a bisphenol A endcapped diglycidyl

e thel and a cure catalyst, in which the stoichiometry of the curing agent to the expoxy resin is provided in an effective amount at or below about 60%.

Method of Determining Emissions from Powder Coatings U.S. Patent 5,686,312. Nov. 11, 1997 R.W. Huff et al., assignors to Ferro Corp., Cleveland

A method for analyzing powder coat- ing compositions to determine the quan- tity of excess volatile material that is vaporized during curing comprising pre- paring a plurality of curable powder coat- ing compositions with varying quantities of a volatile material and applying each to a separate substrate; placing each coated substrate in a separate extraction chamber; placing each separate extrac- tion chamber in a curing oven; heating to cure the coating and simultaneously flowing a stream of atmosphere to cap- ture volatilized emissions during the cur- ing process; simultaneously flowing the respective stream and chilling to con-

dense the volatile emissions from each to a collectable form; and determining the quantity of collected condensate.

Coating Composition U.S. Patent 5,686,531. Nov. 11, 1997 S. Engelke et aL, assignors to BASF Lacke + Farben AG, Muenster-Hiltrup, Germany

A coating agent, which comprises a binding agent comprising at least one acry- late copolymer containing carboxyl groups; one or more further addition and/or con- densation resins containing carboxyl groups; and one or more epoxy resins as a crosslinking component.

Coating Composition U.S. Patent 5,686,532. Nov. 11, 1997 K. Bederke et aL, assignors to Herberts GmbH, Wuppertal, Germany

A binder composition suitable for coat- ing compositions, which contains 25 to 75% of the reaction product of one or more lactones; 25 to 75% of one or more epoxy- functionalized crosslinking agents; 0 to 60% of one or more polyols; hydroxyl

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