ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,421,174, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to SAFRAN CERAMICS (Le Haillan, France).

"Part made of composite material, having controlled creep" was invented by Thomas Vandellos (Moissy-Cramayel, France), Simon Arnal (Moissy-Cramayel, France), Eric Bouillon (Moissy-Cramayel, France) and Lallie Claudie Regine Quemeras (Moissy-Cramayel, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A part made of coated composite material, includes a substrate made of ceramic matrix composite material; a tie-coat layer covering the substrate; and a protective coating on the tie-coat layer and defining an environmental barrier, the protective coating including a rare...