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Patent No.:

US 11952667 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2024

Filed:

Sep. 16, 2021

Method for depositing a decorative and/or functional metal layer on a surface of an article made of an electrically non-conductive ceramic material

Applicant:

The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd, Marin, CH;

Inventors:

Loïc Curchod, Lausanne, CH;

Pierry Vuille, Les Emibois, CH;

Assignee:

The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd, Marin, CH;

Attorney:

Oblon, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

Primary Examiner:

Brian K Talbot

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C23C 8/02 (2006.01); A44C 27/00 (2006.01); C04B 41/00 (2006.01); C04B 41/50 (2006.01); C04B 41/51 (2006.01); C25D 5/54 (2006.01); C25D 7/00 (2006.01); G04B 17/06 (2006.01); G04B 19/12 (2006.01); G04B 37/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C23C 8/02 (2013.01); A44C 27/006 (2013.01); C04B 41/0054 (2013.01); C04B 41/009 (2013.01); C04B 41/5001 (2013.01); C04B 41/5111 (2013.01); C25D 5/54 (2013.01); C25D 7/005 (2013.01); G04B 17/063 (2013.01); G04B 19/12 (2013.01); G04B 37/226 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for depositing a decorative and/or functional layer on at least a portion of a surface of a finished or semi-finished article made of a non-conductive ceramic material, this deposition method includes the following operations: subjecting the at least a portion of the surface of the article to a carburising or nitriding treatment during which carbon, respectively nitrogen atoms, diffuse in the at least a portion of the surface of the article, then depositing, by galvanic growth of a metallic material, the decorative and/or functional layer on at least a portion of the surface of the article which has undergone the carburising or nitriding treatment.

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Curchod, Loïc. (2024). Method for depositing a decorative and/or functional metal layer on a surface of an article made of an electrically non-conductive ceramic material (U.S. Patent No. 11952667). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/11952667

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