ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,540,902, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to DAS-NANO TECH S.L. (Tajonar, Spain).

"Contactless determination of coating features" was invented by Israel Arnedo Gil (Pamplona, Spain), Mikel Subiza Garcia (Tajonar, Spain), Igor Artieda Monge (Pamplona, Spain), Eduardo Azanza Ladron (Gorraiz, Spain), Andrea Ines Ortigosa (Tajonar, Spain), Monica Castrillo Cuartango (Tajonar, Spain), Cristian Martinez De Morentin Suescun (Tajonar, Spain) and Luis Miranda Santafe (Tajonar, Spain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are provided for contactless determining feature(s) of a layered coating. Such systems may include determiner unit and...