ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,442,469, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Veritas AG (Gelnhausen, Germany).
"Fluid hose with a surface modifiying substance" was invented by Marc Van Hooren (Freigericht, Germany) and Michael Rosemann (Hasselroth, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present application relates to a fluid hose for conducting fluid, wherein the fluid hose is adapted as an at least two-layer fluid hose, which comprises an inner hose layer and an outer hose layer, wherein the inner hose layer encloses an interior of the fluid hose for receiving fluid, wherein the inner hose layer comprising an inner surface facing the interior of the fluid hose, whe...