ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,679,055, issued on July 14, was assigned to RTX Corp. (Farmington, Conn.).

"Method for repairing composite laminate material component" was invented by Patrick B. Mayabb (Eaton Rapids, Mich.), Jesse L Os (Hampden, Mass.), Oleg Ivanov (Granby, Conn.), Derek W. Anderson (Cromwell, Conn.) and Brian K. Holland (Mason, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for repairing a composite laminate component includes removing a first portion of the composite laminate component. The composite laminate component extends between and to a first component side and a second component side. The composite laminate component includes a first plurality...