ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,679,981, issued on July 14, was assigned to THE BOEING COMPANY (Arlington, Va.).

"Adhesion promoter compositions to eliminate substrate preparation and methods for the same" was invented by Phuong Bui (Thousand Oaks, Calif.), Stella Fors (Los Angeles), Adam F. Gross (Santa Monica, Calif.), Ashley Marie Dustin (Santa Monica, Calif.), Andrew P. Nowak (Malibu, Calif.), Melinda Dae Miller (Snohomish, Wash.) and Carissa Ann Pajel (Mercer Island, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An adhesion promoter composition is disclosed. The adhesion promoter composition includes a first reactive silane compound and a second reactive silane compound, w...