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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2008
Filed:
Oct. 22, 2003
Applicants:
Peter Mardilovich, Corvallis, OR (US);
Gregory S. Herman, Albany, OR (US);
James O'neil, Corvallis, OR (US);
Inventors:
Peter Mardilovich, Corvallis, OR (US);
Gregory S. Herman, Albany, OR (US);
James O'Neil, Corvallis, OR (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C23C 10/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for making a porous film includes the steps of forming a cermet film and/or a ceramic film by depositing or co-depositing suitable materials on a substrate, and causing metal in the material(s) to reduce and/or to diffuse to the cermet film surface and/or the ceramic film surface to render the porous film.