US Patent Issued to COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES on March 17 for "Method for bonding two hydrophilic surfaces" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,577,434, issued on March 17, was assigned to COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES (Paris).

"Method for bonding two hydrophilic surfaces" was invented by Frank Fournel (Grenoble, France), Aziliz Calvez (Grenoble, France), Gaelle Eleouet (Grenoble, France), Vincent Larrey (Grenoble, France) and Christophe Morales (Grenoble, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of direct bonding comprising the following steps: supplying a first substrate and a second substrate, the first substrate being covered by a first hydrophilic surface and the second substrate being covered by a second hydrophilic surface, depositi...