ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,600,112, issued on April 14, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).
"Non-aqueous aluminum anodizing" was invented by James A. Curran (Morgan Hill, Calif.), Isabel Yang (San Jose, Calif.) and Todd S. Mintz (San Jose, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A component for an electronic device can include a part including a first metal and a second metal diffusion bonded to the first metal. The first metal can be aluminum and the second metal can be different from the first metal. A porous aluminum oxide layer can overlie a portion of the first metal and can be disposed adjacent to an interface between the first metal and the secon...