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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 15, 2014

Filed:

Sep. 03, 2010
Applicants:

Joseph H. Osborne, Tacoma, WA (US);

Ronald R. Stephenson, Auburn, WA (US);

Kenneth A. Krienke, Seattle, WA (US);

Larry K. Olli, Seattle, WA (US);

Inventors:

Joseph H. Osborne, Tacoma, WA (US);

Ronald R. Stephenson, Auburn, WA (US);

Kenneth A. Krienke, Seattle, WA (US);

Larry K. Olli, Seattle, WA (US);

Assignee:

The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C23C 14/54 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A method of evaluating a coating applied to a surface comprises the step of applying the coating to the surface. The coating including a conversion gel to chemically bind the surface and an indicator substantially uniformly distributed throughout the coating wherein the indicator modifies an appearance of the coating. The method further comprising the step of determining whether the indicator is present on the surface at a substantially uniform concentration.


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