ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,623,971, issued on May 12, was assigned to Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur forderung der angewandten Forschung e.V. (Munich).

"Aqueous suspension containing metal carbide particles" was invented by Stanislaus Schwanke (Nuremberg, Germany), Stephan Muller (Weisendorf, Germany), Elke Meissner (Eckental, Germany), Boris Epelbaum (Aurachtal, Germany), Christian Reimann (Munchaurach, Germany), Jochen Friedrich (Eckental, Germany) and Lucas Becker (Parkstetten, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to aqueous suspensions containing 30 to 95 wt.-% metal carbide particles and a dispersant, and to a process for coating s...