ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,741,427, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to APPLIED PLASMA INC. (Gumi-si, South Korea).
"Method for joining silicone rubber using plasma treatment" was invented by Jae Beom Park (Gumi-si, South Korea) and In Ho Choi (Gumi-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a method of joining silicone rubber using plasma treatment, and more specifically, it is characterized in that one surface of the silicone rubber is modified to be hydrophilic by plasma treatment, and the silicone rubber is joined to each other using the surface-modified portion."
The patent was filed on Nov. 28, 2022, under Application N...