US Patent Issued to OERLIKON METCO (US) on July 21 for "Composite thermal spray powder of oxides and non-oxides" (Swiss, American, German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,686,774, issued on July 21, was assigned to OERLIKON METCO (US) INC. (Westbury, N.Y.).

"Composite thermal spray powder of oxides and non-oxides" was invented by Scott Wilson (Zurich, Switzerland), Gregory Szyndelman (Villigen, Switzerland), Alexander Barth (Constance, Germany) and Hwasoo Lee (Hicksville, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Composite thermal spray powders are formed by manufacturing two or more powder feedstock components having different chemical compositions, particle size ranges and morphologies, these different features arising from different powder manufacturing processes. The resulting coatings typically serve as ab...