ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,715,198, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to CYTEC INDUSTRIES INC. (Lawrence, N.J.).

"Permeable materials capable of lightning strike protection and use thereof in resin infusion processing" was invented by Berenice Remy (Wrexham, Great Britain), Junjie Jeffrey Sang (Newark, Del.), Samuel J. Hill (Chester, Great Britain) and Carmelo Luca Restuccia (Chester, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A permeable LSP material that can be incorporated into a resin infusion process such as RTM and VaRTM. This permeable LSP material may be in the form of an elongated or continuous tape that can be used in an automated placement process such ...