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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:
Nov. 11, 2003
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Nayan H. Joshi, Rock Hill, SC (US);
Assignee:
Atotech Deutschland GmbH, Berlin, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B05D 3/10 ; B05D 1/18 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B05D 3/10 ; B05D 1/18 ;
Abstract
A method of forming a conductive metal layer on a non-conductive surface, including providing a non-conductive surface; contacting the non-conductive surface with an aqueous solution or mixture containing a stannous salt to form a sensitized surface; contacting the sensitized surface with an aqueous solution or mixture containing a silver salt having a pH in the range from about 5 to about 10 to form a catalyzed surface; and electroless plating the catalyzed surface by applying an electroless plating solution to the catalyzed surface.