rier layer of aluminum oxideproduced by anodizing.

POWDD COAn.. COIIPOSmONU.S. Patent 5,856,378. Jan. 5, 1999J. Ring et al., assignors toCourtaulds Coatings (Holdings) Ltd.,LondonA powder coating compositionhaving certain appearance or per­formance attributes, which com­prises composite particles thatare agglomerates of individualparticle components that havebeen fused or bonded togetherinto composite particles.

AaulOU. Pal....U.S. Patent 5,856,408. Jan. 5, 1999Y. Matsukura et al., assignors to

BASF Lacke+Farben AG, Muenster­Hiltrup, GermanyA water-dispersible acrylic-basedgraft copolymer for aqueouspaints.

~1I1'Allall''''CIONGPLAn.....LVU.S. Patent 5,857,611. Jan. 12, 1999P.S. Gilman et al., assignors to SonyCorp., Tokyo and Materials ResearchCorp., Orangeburg, N. Y.

A method of forming a sputtertarget and backing plate assem­bly.

PAINT SUPPLY .v.....U.S. Patent 5,857,622. Jan. 12, 1999E.R. Holt, Rochester Hills, Mich.

A recirculating paint system withan improved spray gun.

PAINT GUN INCOIIPOIIAn.. ALAUII DnICIIU.S. Patent 5,857,625. Jan. 12, 1999R.J. Klein et al., assignors to TheUniversity of Northern IowaFoundation, Cedar Falls, Iowa

A hand-held spray gun for apply­ing a coating to a surface compris­ing a housing including a handleand defining an interior; a nozzlemounted to the housing for dis­charging the coating therefrom;and a light generating device dis­posed within the interior of thehousing and including a light­emitting arrangement for commu­nicating a light beam from thelight generating device exteriorlyof the housing and toward thesurface, wherein the light-emit-

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