US Patent Issued to ZYP Coatings on April 22 for "Flexible ceramic coatings for metals and methods of making same" (Tennessee Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,281,042, issued on April 22, was assigned to ZYP Coatings Inc. (Oak Ridge, Tenn.).

"Flexible ceramic coatings for metals and methods of making same" was invented by William Brent Webb (Oak Ridge, Tenn.) and Cressie E Holcombe Jr. (Oak Ridge, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Bulk paint and ceramic powder systems, methods of forming same, and methods of forming a flexible ceramic coating on a metal substrate are disclosed. The systems may include a ceramic composition having between 2 to 30 weight percent of an alkali metal oxide, such as K2O, Na2O, and Li2O or mixtures thereof, between 10 to 74 weight percent SiO2, and between 23 to 79...