Documents in our library describe Surco (Surface Coatings) as “concrete and epoxy concrete repair, finish, resurfacing, non-slip, sealing and waterproofing compositions; plaster and plaster patching compositions; and asbestos fiber and other texture coating compositions”.1 They give it as sold from 1953.1
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What each document says
Every statement about Surco (Surface Coatings) in the documents, in each document's own words.
USPTO trademark case files (Trademark Full Text XML Data, Annual Applications, 2025 edition)
- Sold from: “first used in commerce 1953-08-20”, said by SURFACE COATINGS, INC., as recorded by U.S. Patent and Trademark Office1
- Description: “CONCRETE AND EPOXY CONCRETE REPAIR, FINISH, RESURFACING, NON-SLIP, SEALING AND WATERPROOFING COMPOSITIONS; PLASTER AND PLASTER PATCHING COMPOSITIONS; AND ASBESTOS FIBER AND OTHER TEXTURE COATING COMPOSITIONS”, said by SURFACE COATINGS, INC., as recorded by U.S. Patent and Trademark Office1
Kind of product
We list Surco (Surface Coatings) with joint compound and texture coatings and asbestos-reinforced plastics, from how the documents describe it. Those pages explain how such products exposed workers.
Trades that worked with products like it: Drywall Finishers, Plasterers, and Painters, Carpenters and Construction Workers, Electricians and Electrical Workers, Roofers.
Joint compound and texture coatings by other makers (23)
Imperial (U.S. Gypsum) · Sheetrock (U.S. Gypsum) · Vitramic (maker not given) · A.B. Tex (U.S. Gypsum) · Texolite (U.S. Gypsum) · Paste Spackling Putty (U.S. Gypsum) · Perf-a-tape (U.S. Gypsum) · Ready Mix (Georgia-Pacific) · Ripple Tone (Gold Bond Bldg. Products (National Gypsum)) · Rutland Repair Products Ricky Rutland (Rutland Fire Clay Co.) · Scotstone (Marinite) · Sheet Rock (U.S. Gypsum) · Textone (U.S. Gypsum) · Usg (U.S. Gypsum) · Wall (Georgia-Pacific) · Ceiling (Georgia-Pacific) · Covercoat (U.S. Gypsum) · Durabond (U.S. Gypsum) · Gothic (Eternit, Inc.) · Homart (Sears) · and 3 more: all joint compound and texture coatings
Asbestos-reinforced plastics by other makers (40)
Pyrotex (Raybestos-Manhattan) · Thermomat (Johns-Manville) · Thermasil (Keene) · Durestos (Turner Brothers Asbestos) · Caposite (Cape Asbestos Co. of London) · Permatherm 6 (Chase-Foster Div., Keene) · Plasti-Clad (Gold Bond Bldg. Products (National Gypsum)) · Preg-Pli (Sun Chemical) · Pyrotex Felt (Raybestos-Manhattan) · Quinorogo R-470 (Johns-Manville) · Resinox (Monsanto) · Structo Shape (Johns-Manville) · Temp-Tite (Johns-Manville) · Thermomat Style 383 (Johns-Manville) · Vee-Square (Raybestos-Manhattan) · Weldwood (U.S. Plywood-Champion Papers) · Yankee (Beacon Sales Company) · Aboglas (Navtar) · Asbestite (Burndy) · Asbestohm (Dossert) · and 20 more: all asbestos-reinforced plastics
References
- USPTO trademark case files (Trademark Full Text XML Data, Annual Applications, 2025 edition) (December 19, 1963). Not yet published in our library.
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