US Patent Issued to AGC GLASS EUROPE on June 2 for "Method for coating metal" (Belgian, French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,644,177, issued on June 2, was assigned to AGC GLASS EUROPE (Louvain-la-neuve, Belgium).

"Method for coating metal" was invented by Gregory Arnoult (Noville-les-Bois, Belgium) and Eric Michel (Uckange, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A metal substrate with a silicon oxide based layer having a thickness between 80 and 400 nm and having between 5 and 30 atom % of carbon. Also included is a process for depositing by PECVD a silicon oxide based layer, having a thickness comprised between 80 and 400 nm and comprising between 5 and 30 atom % of carbon, on a metal substrate."

The patent was filed on Dec. 17, 2019, under Application No. 17...