ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,781,821, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to SAFRAN LANDING SYSTEMS (Velizy-Villacoublay, France), CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (Paris), CENTRALE LILLE INSTITUT (Villeneuve d'Ascq, France) and UNIVERSITE DE LILLE (Lille, France).

"Method for protection against oxidation of a composite material part comprising carbon" was invented by Guillaume Rousseau (Balma, France), Fanny Alousque (Moissy-Cramayel, France), Francois Mear (Villeneuve d'Ascq Cedex, France) and Lionel Montagne (Villeneuve d'Ascq Cedex, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for protection against oxidation of a composite material part includes carbon,...