US Patent Issued to University of Southern Queensland on Sept. 23 for "Method and patch for defect repair" (Australian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,420,500, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to University of Southern Queensland (Australia).

"Method and patch for defect repair" was invented by Peter Schubel (Springfield Central, Australia), Xuesen Zeng (Springfield Central, Australia) and Paul Callus (Fishermans Bend, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A patch (100) for repair of a structure (180) with a defect (182) having a topography, the patch (100) including: a patch body (102) that is at least partially metallic; a bonding surface (104) that is compatible with the topography of the defect (182); and a patch surface (106) opposite the bonding surface (104), wherein the pat...