ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,662,600, issued on June 23, was assigned to ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF GUANGDONG POWER GRID Co. LTD. (Guangzhou, China).

"Abrasion-resistant anti-corrosive coating, and preparation method and use thereof" was invented by Wangyan Lv (Guangzhou, China), Ming Nie (Guangzhou, China), Feng Huang (Guangzhou, China) and Yingchao Yue (Guangzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are an abrasion-resistant anti-corrosive coating, and a preparation method and a use thereof. The abrasion-resistant anti-corrosive coating is prepared from a component A and a component B. In the component A, a polyurethane (PU) resin is used as a...