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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:
Aug. 05, 2003
Filed:
Sep. 11, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hans Brändle, Sargans, CH;
Erich Bergmann, Basel, CH;
Assignee:
Unaxis Balzers Aktiengesellschaft, Balzers, LI;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C23C 1/424 ; C23C 1/432 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C23C 1/424 ; C23C 1/432 ;
Abstract
A process and apparatus for coating at least one workpiece utilizes a target made of an alloy which is substantially a one phase. Coating is achieved by cathodic arc evaporation of the target in an oxygen atmosphere.