ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,421,403, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Airbus Operations GmbH (Hamburg, Germany).
"Coating material for a lightning-prone object" was invented by Michael Kaste (Hamburg, Germany) and Lutz Weber (Hamburg, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coating material for a lightning-prone object includes a base color substance and an additive admixed with the base color substance. The additive comprises rigid hollow beads filled with an inert gas. At least a portion of the hollow beads have an electrically conductive coating."
The patent was filed on Dec. 14, 2021, under Application No. 17/550,865.
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