ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,503,751, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to General Electric Co. (Evendale, Ohio).

"High entropy alloy-based compositions and bond coats formed therefrom" was invented by Srinivasan Swaminathan (Bengaluru, India) and Shalini Thimmegowda (Bengaluru, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A high entropy alloy-based composition is provided that has the formula: (M1aM2bM3cM4dM5eM6f)CrAlY1-x-zZrxMoz where: each of M1, M2, M3, M4, M5, and M6 is a different alloying element selected from the group consisting of Ni, Co, Fe, Si, Mn, and Cu such that none of M1, M2, M3, M4, M5, and M6 are the same alloying element; 0.05less than equal toaless than e...