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Smart coating system

US7244500B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 14, 2006
Grant dateJul 17, 2007
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Expiry dateFeb 14, 2026

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T428/30
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An active coating system capable of collecting, analyzing, managing and adapting to data and/or its environment in real time. An exemplary embodiment of our inventive active coating system is corrosion resistant and includes a flexible sensor layer, a switch layer and a visual display layer. Operationally, the flexible sensor layer senses particular environmental conditions and the visual display layer provides visual indication of the condition(s) sensed.

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