ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,378,674, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Chemeon Surface Technology LLC (Minden, Nev.).
"Conversion coating application system including hydrogels and methods of using same" was invented by Alexander Evan Westre (Carson City, Nev.) and Sjon Westre (Carson City, Nev.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A conversion coating applicator includes a first liner, a hydrogel attached to the first liner, and a second liner removably attached to the hydrogel. The hydrogel includes a trivalent chromium conversion coating solution including a trivalent chromium compound, a zirconate compound, and a dye compound. The conversion coating solution is an aqu...