US Patent Issued to FRAMATOME on June 30 for "Method for manufacturing a coated nuclear reactor component having a marking" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,671,003, issued on June 30, was assigned to FRAMATOME (Courbevoie, France).

"Method for manufacturing a coated nuclear reactor component having a marking" was invented by Thierry Gouerec (Pornichet, France) and Axel Aubry (Reze, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A manufacturing method provides a nuclear reactor component comprising a substrate and a coating covering a surface of the substrate. The manufacturing method comprises laser-marking a pattern on the surface of the substrate, the marking being carried out so as to form recessed reliefs outlining the pattern in the surface of the substrate, and then applying the coating to the...