ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,415,205, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to QILU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY (Jinan, China) and ZHUHAI TAIRAN TECHNOLOGY Co. LTD. (Zhuhai, China).

"Abrasion-resistant, stable and flame-resistant superhydrophobic/superoleophobic coating, and preparation and application thereof" was invented by Libin Liu (Jinan, China), Qing Ban (Jinan, China), Haihui Jiang (Jinan, China), XingXiang Ji (Jinan, China), Furong Tao (Jinan, China), Ligang Gai (Jinan, China), Hailong Zhang (Jinan, China) and Xinyu Bu (Jinan, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are an abrasion-resistant, stable and flame-resistant superhydrophobic/superoleophobic coatin...