ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,411,095, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to BYK-CHEMIE GMBH (Wesel, Germany).
"System and method for assessing a coated surface with respect to surface defects" was invented by Nikolay Kladt (Bonn, Germany), Jorg Hinnerwisch (Duisburg, Germany), Brigitte Dicke (Arnsberg, Germany), Christopher Groh (Wolfratshausen, Germany), Manfred Knospe (Rees, Germany), Volker Thyssen-Wallner (Goch, Germany) and Petra Della Valentina (Dinslaken, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a method for providing a system for assessing a coated surface with respect to a type set containing at least one type of surface defect that can...