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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:
Apr. 22, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2012
Applicant:
H.c. Starck, Inc., Newton, MA (US);
Inventors:
Steven A. Miller, Canton, MA (US);
Francois-Charles Dary, Boston, MA (US);
Mark Gaydos, Nashua, NH (US);
Gary Rozak, Akron, OH (US);
Assignee:
H.C. Starck Inc., Newton, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B05D 1/02 (2006.01); B05D 1/38 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In various embodiments, a joined sputtering target is formed by filling at least a portion of a gap between two discrete sputtering-target tiles with a gap-fill material, spray-depositing a spray material to form a partial joint, removing at least a portion of the gap-fill material, and, thereafter, spray-depositing the spray material to join the tiles.