ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,540,896, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to BAE Systems plc (London).
"Method and specimen for evaluating corrosion protection of a substrate" was invented by Rebecka Eley (Bristol, Great Britain), Mark David Balmond (Bristol, Great Britain), Christopher Colin Figgures (Bristol, Great Britain), Ian Michael Sturland (Bristol, Great Britain) and Simon Robert Church (Monmouth, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Specimens and methods are described for evaluating corrosion protection of substrates due, at least in part, to coatings applied thereupon. A specimen (1) is provided with: a first coating (10), with a first set of layers (11...