ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,467,146, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Ocean University of China (Qingdao, China) and Ningbo Branch of China Academy of Ordnance Science (Ningbo, China).

"High-strength multi-functional coating with multi-level structure, and preparation method thereof" was invented by Hongzhi Cui (Qingdao, China), Wei Huang (Ningbo, China), Feiya Liu (Qingdao, China), Guoliang Ma (Qingdao, China), Boyu Jiang (Ningbo, China), Cuidi Mo (Qingdao, China) and Liukui Gong (Ningbo, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A high-strength multi-functional coating with a multi-level structure, and a preparation method thereof are provided. In this application, ...