US Patent Issued to The Boeing on July 15 for "Systems and methods of forming a fluid barrier" (Washington, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,358,018, issued on July 15, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).

"Systems and methods of forming a fluid barrier" was invented by Randy J. Grove (Tukwila, Wash.), Scott M. Livingston (Huntington Beach, Calif.), Dion P. Coleman (Issaquah, Wash.), Timothy L. Whiteaker (Newcastle, Wash.), Patrick J. Clayton (Costa Mesa, Calif.), Khalid S. Alshobber (Seattle), Michael D. Atkins (San Clemente, Calif.) and Trevor D. Garrett (Everett, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides fluid barriers as well as systems and methods of forming fluid barriers. The method includes cleaning, via a blast media, a first si...