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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 05, 2010
Applicants:
Weidong Tong, Warsaw, IN (US);
Lawrence Salvati, Goshen, IN (US);
Stephanie A. Vass, Warsaw, IN (US);
Inventors:
Weidong Tong, Warsaw, IN (US);
Lawrence Salvati, Goshen, IN (US);
Stephanie A. Vass, Warsaw, IN (US);
Assignee:
DePuy Products, Inc., Warsaw, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B44C 1/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention relates to processes involving contacting articles that include titanium or titanium alloy with a solution comprising hydrochloric acid and chloride-containing compound for a time and at a temperature effective to form a plurality of indentions that, independently, have a diameter of from about 200 nm to 10 microns.