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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:
Sep. 07, 1993
Filed:
May. 06, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Terry D Claar, Newark, DE (US);
Vilupanur A Ravi, New Castle, DE (US);
Philip J Roach, Newark, DE (US);
Assignee:
Lanxide Technology Company, LP, Newark, DE (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C23C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
4272481 ; 427249 ; 4272554 ; 501 87 ;
Abstract
This invention relates generally to a novel directed metal oxidation process which is utilized to produce self-supporting bodies. In some of the more specific aspects of the invention, a parent metal vapor is induced to react with a solid oxidant to result in the directed growth of a reaction product which is formed from a reaction between the parent metal vapor and the solid oxidant. The inventive process can be utilized to form bodies having substantially homogeneous compositions, graded compositions, and macrocomposite bodies.