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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:
Jan. 20, 1998
Filed:
Sep. 11, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hans Braendle, Sargans, CH;
Bruno Kind, Triesen, LI;
Assignee:
Balzers Aktiengesellschaft, , LI;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C23C / ; C23C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
20419238 ; 20429841 ; 20429826 ; 20429828 ; 20429836 ;
Abstract
An arrangement and process for sputter etching high-performance tools with a low-voltage arc discharge is followed by coating the tools from the same direction from which they were etched, with a hard coating deposited onto the tools.