ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,338,365, issued on June 24, was assigned to B/E Aerospace Inc. (Winston-Salem, N.C.).

"Pigmented multifunctional barrier coating compositions" was invented by David C. McConnell (Annalong, Great Britain), Thomas Martz (Winston-Salem, N.C.), Steven Poteet (Ashland, Mass.), Katherine Urena Pimentel (Manchester, Conn.) and Irene W. Rexwinkle (Mill Creek, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are pigmented multifunctional barrier coating compositions for application to components such as aircraft interior components. In embodiments, compositions include a base coating component in an amount from 5 to 40 weight percent of the composi...