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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:
Feb. 06, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 30, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Yogesh K. Vohra, Birmingham, AL (US);
Shane A. Catledge, Birmingham, AL (US);
Assignee:
UAB Research Foundation, Birmingham, AL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C23C 1/626 ; H05H 1/24 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C23C 1/626 ; H05H 1/24 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides a new process to deposit well adhered ultra smooth diamond films on metals by adding nitrogen gas to the methane/hydrogen plasma created by a microwave discharge. Such diamond coating process is useful in tribological/wear resistant applications in bio-implants, machine tools, and magnetic recording industry.