ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,461,015, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).
"Method for determining corrosion of an object" was invented by Richard Joel Thompson (Laceys Spring, Ala.) and Kristen Smith Williams (Madison, Ala.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods of determining corrosion of an object that occurs over a time period. The methods determine physical factors of the object and environmental factors that occur during the time period. Node points are determined on the object. At different times during the time period, the methods determine the corrosion of the object at the node points based on the physical factors and the envir...