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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. 11, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2007
Applicants:
Geoffrey Dearnaley, San Antonio, TX (US);
Kevin C. Walter, Aliso Viejo, CA (US);
Inventors:
Geoffrey Dearnaley, San Antonio, TX (US);
Kevin C. Walter, Aliso Viejo, CA (US);
Assignee:
Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C22C 22/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Substrates comprising a surface comprising chromium, said surface being adapted to exhibit reduced coefficient of friction and/or increased hardness.