US Patent Issued to Agile Sourcing Partners on June 3 for "Methods and systems for masking and racking metal pipe fittings during powder coating" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,318,809, issued on June 3, was assigned to Agile Sourcing Partners LLC (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Methods and systems for masking and racking metal pipe fittings during powder coating" was invented by Joe Saenz (San Jacinto, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for protecting threads of metal pipes while coating the metal pipes with a protective coating are disclosed herein. Innovative metal couplings are used to protect the threads while a protective coating is applied to the metal pipes. The couplings are reusable and result in multiple efficiency improvements over previous methods and systems. Benefits include elimination...