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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:
Jul. 27, 2004
Filed:
Mar. 21, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 5/16 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 5/16 ;
Abstract
Rare earth oxide particles having an average particle diameter of 3-20 &mgr;m, a dispersion index of up to 0.4, and an aspect ratio of up to 2 are suitable for thermal spraying. Despite their high melting point, the rare earth oxide particles of high purity can form an adherent coating by thermal spraying.