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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:
Apr. 14, 1998
Filed:
Jan. 17, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Martin Dubs, Maienfeld, CH;
Assignee:
Balzers Aktiengesellschaft, Furstentum, LI;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C23C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
118726 ; 118728 ; 118729 ; 118730 ; 118500 ;
Abstract
In order to maintain a required minimal variation of angle of incidence (a) of a coating material on a flat substrate (3), it is recommended that the substrate (3) be exposed to the evaporation source (1) clamped in a curved position.