ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,781,372, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Atotech Deutschland Gmbh & Co. KG (Berlin).
"Electroplating composition for depositing a chromium or chromium alloy layer on a substrate" was invented by Oleksandra Yevtushenko (Berlin), Anke Walter (Berlin) and Simon Pape (Berlin).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention refers to an electroplating composition for depositing a chromium or chromium alloy layer on a substrate, the composition comprising (i) trivalent chromium ions, (ii) at least one complexing agent for the trivalent chromium ions, and (iii) at least one kind of oxide-hydroxide particles; a method for depositing a respe...