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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:
Jun. 20, 2000
Filed:
Sep. 02, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Shara S Shoup, Woodstock, GA (US);
Mariappan Paranthamam, Knoxville, TN (US);
David B Beach, Knoxville, TN (US);
Donald M Kroeger, Knoxville, TN (US);
Amit Goyal, Knoxville, TN (US);
Assignee:
Lockheed Martin Energy Research Corporation, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C30B / ; B05D / ; B05D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
117-9 ; 4271263 ; 4271264 ; 4273764 ; 4274192 ; 4274193 ;
Abstract
A method is disclosed for forming a biaxially textured buffer layer on a biaxially oriented metal substrate by using a sol-gel coating technique followed by pyrolyzing/annealing in a reducing atmosphere. This method is advantageous for providing substrates for depositing electronically active materials thereon.