ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,492,310, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to THE BOEING COMPANY (Arlington, Va.).

"Anti-corrosion conversion coating compositions and methods for the same" was invented by Charitha Beliyandra Ponnappa (Karnataka, India) and Kamaraj Kandhasamy (Karnataka, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Anti-corrosive conversion coating compositions are disclosed. The anti-corrosive conversion coating compositions include a biopolymer and a rare earth element compound. Implementations of the anti-corrosive conversion coating composition can include where the biopolymer includes chitosan, starch, inulin, dextran, pullulan, or a combination thereof. The r...