ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,605,763, issued on April 21.

"Method for preparing aluminum-based tubular target" was invented by Pengguo Xu (Xingtai City, China), Qun Li (Xingtai City, China), Lilin Yang (Xingtai City, China) and Ting Su (Xingtai City, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure belongs to the technical field of powder metallurgy, and provides a method for preparing an aluminum-based tubular target. The method includes: sleeve assembly, raw material mixing, powder filling, sleeve degassing, hot isostatic pressing, and finished product processing."

The patent was filed on Nov. 14, 2023, under Application No. 18/508,851.

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