US Patent Issued to ACULON on Aug. 5 for "Methods of reducing friction on a surface of an apparatus that stores or transports a gas" (California, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,378,334, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to ACULON INC. (San Diego).

"Methods of reducing friction on a surface of an apparatus that stores or transports a gas" was invented by Eric L. Hanson (Carlsbad, Calif.), Eric L. Bruner (La Jolla, Calif.), Majid Monji (San Diego), Elizabeth Cambre (Texas City, Texas) and Edward Hughes (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides methods of reducing friction on a surface of an apparatus that stores or transports a gas, comprising: (a) contacting the surface either directly or through an intermediate organometallic layer with a fluorinated material in a diluent, wherein the...