US 20030118440A1
(19) United States
(12) Patent Application Publication (io) Pub. No.: US 2003/0118440 Al
Zhao et al. (43) Pub. Date: Jun. 26,2003
(54) SMART COATING SYSTEM WITH
CHEMICAL TAGGANTS FOR COATING
CONDITION ASSESSMENT
(76) Inventors: Ji-Cheng Zhao, Niskayuna, NY (US);
James Anthony Ruud, Delmar, NY
(US); John Eric Tkaczyk, Delanson,
NY (US); Ann Melinda Ritter,
Niskayuna, NY (US); Melvin Robert
Jackson, Niskayuna, NY (US); Jerome
Johnson Tiemann, Schenectady, NY
(US)
Correspondence Address:
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
GLOBAL RESEARCH CENTER
PATENT DOCKET RM. 4A59
PO BOX 8, BLDG. K-l ROSS
NISKAYUNA, NY 12309 (US)
