US Patent Issued to Battelle Memorial Institute on July 21 for "Composition and method embodiments for plating metal coatings" (Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,686,936, issued on July 21, was assigned to Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, Wash.).

"Composition and method embodiments for plating metal coatings" was invented by Lance Hubbard (Richland, Wash.), Christina Arendt (Richland, Wash.) and Ryan Webster (Spokane Valley, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are embodiments of a coating composition and a method of using the same for forming metal coatings on substrates. In particular embodiments, the coating composition comprises a deep eutectic solvent and/or an ionic liquid; a metal precursor; an alkali metal salt; and an optional additive component. The coating compos...