ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,331,216, issued on June 17, was assigned to ArcelorMittal (Schaan, Liechtenstein).

"Coated metallic substrate" was invented by Abel Alvarez-Alvarez (Asturias, Spain), Oscar Perez Vidal (Asturias, Spain), Carlos Javier Rodriguez Martinez (Asturias, Spain), David Noriega Perez (Asturias, Spain) and Jose Paulino Fernandez Alvarez (Asturias, Spain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A metallic substrate directly coated with a non-conductive primer, the non-conductive primer being at least partially coated with a paint, a method for the manufacture of this coated metallic substrate, a method for detecting strain deformation and the use the coated ...