ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,286,519, issued on April 29, was assigned to SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY (Suzhou, China).
"Wear-resistant super-hydrophobic composite material and preparation method thereof" was invented by Li Yuan (Suzhou, China), Aijuan Gu (Suzhou, China) and Guozheng Liang (Suzhou, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wear-resistant super-hydrophobic composite material and a preparation method therefor are disclosed. The wear-resistant super-hydrophobic composite material includes a substrate and a wear-resistant super-hydrophobic composite material coating layer on the surface of the substrate; the wear-resistant super-hydrophobic composite material coating...