ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,503,776, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).
"Corrosion resistant coating systems" was invented by Patrick J. Kinlen (Fenton, Mo.) and Anthony E. Dillard (St. Louis).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects described herein generally relate to a method of coating a metallic surface. The method includes forming a solution including a corrosion inhibitor having one or more thiol moieties and a hydroxide. The metallic surface is coated with the solution to form a treated metallic surface. The treated metallic surface is further coated with an organosilane, an acid, and a metal alkoxide to form a coating system."...