ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,637,185, issued on May 26, was assigned to Baden-Wurttemberg Stiftung gGmbH (Stuttgart, Germany).
"Gas-containing surface cover, arrangement, and use" was invented by Thomas Schimmel (Karlsruhe, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a surface cover for a body which can be brought into contact with a liquid, comprising: a layer which at least partly contains gas and which is designed and arranged such that at least some sections of a layer face facing the liquid contacts the liquid; a gas-permeable layer which is arranged on the gas-containing layer on a face that faces the body and is opposite the face fa...