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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:
May. 27, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2012
Applicant:
H.c. Starck Inc., Newton, MA (US);
Inventors:
Scott Jeffrey Volchko, Cleveland, OH (US);
Stefan Zimmermann, Bad Saeckingen, DE;
Steven A. Miller, Canton, MA (US);
Michael Thomas Stawovy, Cleveland Heights, OH (US);
Assignee:
H.C. Starck Inc., Newton, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B05D 1/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A joined sputtering target comprising a sputtering material is formed by disposing two discrete sputtering-target tiles comprising the sputtering material proximate each other, thereby forming an interface between the tiles, the interface comprising at least one of an interlocking joint therein or a recess in a top surface thereof, and spray-depositing a spray material over at least a portion of the interface, thereby joining the tiles to form the joined sputtering target.