ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,227,827, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to Georgia Tech Research Corp. (Atlanta).
"Methods to impart color and durable properties to substrates" was invented by William Judson Ready (Atlanta), Jason Hayes Nadler (Decatur, Ga.), Stephan Turano (Atlanta) and Brent Karl Wagner (Marietta, Ga.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Metal substrates comprising a colored coating and/or a protective coating disposed on at least a surface of the substrate. The colored coating can include a metal oxide coating integrally bonded to the terminal and produced by heat tinting or a titanium nitride containing material. The protective coating is derived from a...