US Patent Issued to SWIMC on Sept. 23 for "Robotic systems and methods for objectively evaluating coating compositions and applicators" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,420,427, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to SWIMC LLC (Cleveland).

"Robotic systems and methods for objectively evaluating coating compositions and applicators" was invented by Stacy L. Conte (Bath Township, Ohio) and Mark A. Schubert (Broadview Heights, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for deriving quantitative application characteristics of a coating composition or applicator independent of human application variation. The system comprises a test bed, a substrate, a rigid frame, a torque or force sensor coupled to an extender with a coating composition applicator, a controller, and an analyzer. The controller directs the ...