ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,410,511, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Oerlikon Surface Solutions AG, Pfaffikon (Pfaffikon, Switzerland).
"Coated article with enhanced oxidation resistance properties" was invented by Thomas Glechner (Vienna), Jurgen Ramm (Maienfeld, Switzerland), Hans-Georg Oemer (Kronstorf, Austria), Helmut Riedl-Tragenreif (Kirchberg am Walde, Austria), Oliver Hunold (Wadenswil, Switzerland), Mirjam Arndt (Wetzlar, Germany) and Peter Polcik (Reutte, Austria).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coated article includes a coated surface which consists of a substrate and a coating system. The coating system has at least one protective layer consisting ...