US Patent Issued to Westinghouse Electric on July 15 for "Minimally invasive microsampler for intact removal of surface deposits and substrates" (Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,360,016, issued on July 15, was assigned to Westinghouse Electric Co. LLC (Cranberry Township, Pa.).

"Minimally invasive microsampler for intact removal of surface deposits and substrates" was invented by Arash Parsi (Sarver, Pa.) and William A. Byers (Murrysville, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of sampling a multi-layered material and a micro-sampling tool are described. The sampling method includes penetrating a top surface of a material in a component of interest with a micro-cutting tool to a predetermined depth sufficient to include each layer of the multi-layered material and a portion of the base, without cutting thro...