ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,378,657, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to General Electric Co. (Evendale, Ohio).

"Reactive phase spray formulation coatings" was invented by Hrishikesh Keshavan (Niskayuna, N.Y.), Byron Pritchard (Cincinnati), Margeaux Wallace (Niskayuna, N.Y.), Ambarish Kulkarni (Niskayuna, N.Y.), Mehmet Dede (Cincinnati) and Bernard Patrick Bewlay (Niskayuna, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A reactive phase spray formulation coating is configured to be disposed on the thermal barrier coating of an article. The reactive phase spray formulation coating comprises a base material and a binder material. The base material has a compliance that is higher ...