US Patent Issued to The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy on Sept. 8 for "Luminescent cold spray coating and method" (Maryland Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,729,310, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington).

"Luminescent cold spray coating and method" was invented by Frederick Lancaster (Dameron, Md.), Jason Shaw (California, Md.) and Troy Townsend (Lexington Park, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A luminescent cold spray coating and precursor feed powder comprising of a metallic matrix, non-metallic composite particles dispersed within the metallic matrix at about 0-60% by volume, and, luminescent material disposed within the matrix. A method for preparing luminescent metal coating, the method comprising the s...