ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,440,860, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to QLAYERS HOLDING B.V. ('s-Gravenhage, Netherlands).

"System and method for coating a surface" was invented by Ruben Geutjens (Vlaardingen, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a system (1) and a method for coating a surface (3a) of an object (3) with a spray coating tool (2) spraying atomised coating particles (10) onto. A conditioning hood (20) is applied defining a spray chamber. In operation the spray coating tool (2) is mounted at a coating tool mounting end (21), and an output end (22) is positioned in proximity of the surface (3a) of the object (3) to...