ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,662,231, issued on June 23, was assigned to THE BOEING COMPANY (Arlington, Va.).

"Integrated stringer panel and method of making thereof" was invented by Chinnarajan Periyasamy (Karnataka, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An integrated stringer panel for an aircraft, including a base panel comprising a sheet-like continuous part; and a stringer panel comprising a sheet-like continuous part, wherein the base panel is bonded to the stringer panel, wherein the stringer panel is corrugated to define two or more stringer channels, and one or more raised areas between the two or more stringer channels, and wherein the one or more raised ar...