ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,319,834, issued on June 3, was assigned to General Electric Co. (Evendale, Ohio).

"Anti-corrosion material and application method" was invented by Rachel Marie Gettings (Niskayuna, N.Y.), Dominique T. Everett (Evendale, Ohio) and Bernard P. Bewlay (Niskayuna, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods for repairing the conventional physical barrier coating barrier on a component having a damaged portion. Applying a coating on the outer surface of the damaged portion of the component. The coating containing a reactive oxide. Initiating a reaction between the coating and the molten sulfates within the outer surface of the component. The re...