Low Gloss Coating Composition U.S. Patent 5744,522 Apr. 28. 1998 PJ. Prucnal and S-f! Lu, assignors to Mitsui Toatsu Chemicals Inc., Tokyo

A coating composition that provides a 60” gloss of less than about 60 upon curing comprising a glycidyl group-containing acrylic copolymer prepared from at least one ethylenically unsaturated compound as a copolymerizable monomer; an aromittic polyester, which contains carboxyl groups; and an isocyanurate curing agent.

Anionic Electrocoating Composition U.S. Pafenf 5,744,531. Apr. 28, 1998 FIR. Kerr et al, assignors to PPG industries Inc.. Pittsburgh

A liquid, anionic electrocoating composi- tion having an organic phase dispersed in an aqueous phase, wherein the organic phase comprises at least one electrodepositable B-hydroxyalkylamide curing agent and at least one water-dispersible, electrodeposit-

able polymer capable of crosslinking with the B-hydroxyalkylamide curing agent.

Antireflective Coating Films U.S. Patent 5,744,537. Apr. 28, 1998 W. R. Brunsvold et al., assignors lo IBM Corp., Armonk, N. Y.

An aqueous-soluble, antireflective coating for use on an aqueous developable photore- sist composition comprising a film-forming polymeric binder selected from the group consisting of polyvinylalcohol, polyacrylic acid, polyvinylpyrrolidone, polyvinylsulfonic acid, polyvinylmethylether, polyethylenegly- col, polyalphatrifluoromethyl acrylic acid, polyvinyllmethy1ether-co-maleic anhydride, polyethyleneglycol-co-propyleneglycol. and polymethacrylic acid; and a fluorocarbon compound selected from the group consisting of ammonium salts of perfluoroorganic car- boxylic acids.

Coating Composition Containing Carbamate Additives U.S. Patent 5,744,550. Apr. 28, 1998

G.G. Menovok et al, assjgnors to BASF Corp., Soufhfield, M&h.

A curable coating composition compris- ing a polymer resin comprising active hy- drogen-containing functional groups other than carbamate; a curing agent having groups that are reactive with the functional groups; and a compound having a number average molecular weight of from 7.5 to 2.000 comprising at least one group of the formula -X-CO-NH’.

Polyurethane Coating Composition U.S. Patenf 5744,569. Apr. 28, 1998 B. Bruchmann ef a/., assignors to BASF AG. Ludwigshafen, Germany

A one-component or two-component polyurethane coating composition compris- ing at least one reactive component capable of reacting with polyisocyanates, wherein the reactive component is a compound con- taining an iosocyanate group, a urethane, thiourethane or urea group and two capped isocyanate-reactive groups.

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