ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,275, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to ROLLS-ROYCE plc (London).

"Method and device for cleaning surface of component" was invented by Najib Bin Mohamed Salleh (Singapore) and Sherilyn Lim (Singapore).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for cleaning a surface of a component includes placing a volume of a cleaning agent onto the surface of the component. The method further includes performing a repair operation of the component either before or after placing the volume of the cleaning agent. The repair operation results in a generation of contaminant particles. Upon contact of the cleaning agent with the contaminant particles, the c...