ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,559,635, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to PPG Industries Ohio Inc. (Cleveland).

"Coated substrates and methods of preparing the same" was invented by Brian E. Woodworth (Glenshaw, Pa.), John R. Schneider (Allison Park, Pa.), Anthony M. Chasser (Greensburg, Pa.), Liang Ma (Allison Park, Pa.), Calum H. Munro (Gibsonia, Pa.), Marvin M. Pollum Jr. (Pittsburgh), Maria S. French (Berkshire, Great Britain), Allison G. Condie (Valencia, Pa.), Holli A. Gonder-Jones (Akron, Ohio), Daniel K. Dei (Pittsburgh), Christopher Apanius (Moreland Hills, Ohio) and Cassandra Noelle Bancroft (Fairview Park, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present in...