US Patent Issued to The Boeing on Feb. 10 for "Methods and apparatus for controlled material application" (Arizona, Colorado Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,909, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).

"Methods and apparatus for controlled material application" was invented by Jason G. DeStories (Broomfield, Colo.), Michael R. Mercer (Mesa, Ariz.), Basilio Penuelas (Mesa, Ariz.), Ashley B. Bruno (Mesa, Ariz.), Blaze Mitanoski (Mesa, Ariz.) and Jared C. Tompkinson (Mesa, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, apparatus, articles of manufacture, and methods are disclosed for controlled material application. An example apparatus includes a pool to carry the application material, a thinning sheet, a roller mounted on an electronically controlled robot arm, ...