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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 1987
Filed:
Oct. 06, 1986
Applicant:
Inventors:
Arnold L Newman, Kensington, MD (US);
William D Stanbro, Columbia, MD (US);
Assignee:
The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B44C / ; C03C / ; C03C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
156626 ; 156655 ; 156668 ; 156345 ;
Abstract
This invention relates to an apparatus and method for regulating the exposure of active surfaces by covering the surface with an erodible protection coating. The rate of erosion is controlled by chemical and/or physical means so that the surface is progressively and gradually exposed.