US 6,399,670 C1 (0056th)
COATING HAVING MACROSCOPIC TEXTURE AND PROCESS FOR MAKING SAME
Richard C. MacQueen, Phillipsburg, N.J.; Loyd J. Burcham, Horsham, Pa.; Anthony A. Parker, Newtown, Pa., and Deborah A. Sciangola, Glenmoore, Pa., assignors to Congoleum Corporation, Trenton, N.Y.
Reexamination Request No. 95/000,009, Jan. 8, 2003.
Reexamination Certificate for Patent 6,399,670, issued Jun. 4, 2002, Appl. No. 489,420, Jan. 21, 2000.
Int. Cl. B05D 5/002;3/006; C09D 7/012;5/028; C08J 3/024 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 522—64
OG exemplary drawing
AS A RESULT OF REEXAMINATION, IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT:
Claims 1-17 are cancelled.
[1. A pre-cured coating mixture, comprising:
a radiation-curable resin;
an initiator;
a rheological control agent comprising a plurality of alumina particles having an approximate size in the range of 27-56 nanometers;
a plurality of texture-producing particles comprising 60 micro-sized nylon 12 particles;
a coupling agent comprising prehydrolyzed silane; and
wherein said radiation-curable resin, said initiator, said rheological control agent, and said plurality of texture-producting particles form a pre-cured coating mixture capable of forming a macroscopic texture upon application of said pre-cured coating mixture on a substrate.]