Patent ID: 7722958

Claim:
A multi-layer composite coating comprising a basecoat deposited from at least one basecoat film-forming composition and a topcoat composition applied over at least a portion of the base coat in which the topcoat is deposited from at least one topcoat film forming composition that is substantially free of organic solvent, the topcoat film-forming composition comprising: an aqueous dispersion of polymeric microparticles prepared by emulsion polymerization of a monomeric composition comprising: (1) at least 10 percent by weight of one or more vinyl aromatic compounds; (2) 0.1 to 10 percent by weight of one or more carboxylic acid functional polymerizable, ethylenically unsaturated monomers; (3) 0 to 10 percent by weight of one or more polymerizable monomers having one or more functional groups which are capable of reacting to form crosslinks; and (4) one or more polymerizable, ethylenically unsaturated monomers, where the weight percentages are based on total weight of monomers present in the monomeric composition; wherein each of (1), (2), (3) and (4) are different one from the other and wherein at least one of (3) and (4) is present in the monomeric composition; and wherein the topcoat film-forming composition comprises a material comprising a reactive-functional group-containing polysiloxane; and wherein the material comprising the reactive-functional group-containing polysiloxane is different from the microparticles of the aqueous dispersion.