Patent ID: 9315615
Filing Date: 2016-04-19
CPC Classification: C08G,C08K,C09C

Claim Text:
1. A titanium dioxide pigment, comprising: a plurality of titanium dioxide particles, said particles having anchoring moieties associated therewith for facilitating anchoring of a polymer to said particles; and a polymer deposited on said titanium dioxide particles for inhibiting agglomeration of said titanium dioxide particles in an aqueous based coating formulation, wherein said coating formulation includes an aqueous based solvent and a resin, and wherein said polymer is a copolymer having anchoring groups for attaching to said anchoring moieties associated with said titanium dioxide particles, and hydrophobic end groups for interacting with particles of said resin of said coating formulation to form a network between said titanium dioxide particles and said resin particles in said coating formulation.