ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,601,050, issued on April 14, was assigned to ENTEGRIS INC. (Billerica, Mass.).
"Surface modified substrates and related methods" was invented by Carlo Waldfried (Middleton, Mass.), Surendra Maharjan (Lowell, Mass.) and Stephen Longo (Westford, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Surface modified substrates and related methods are provided. A substrate having a modified surface comprises a first region and a second region. The first region is located above the second region. The first region comprises a nickel fluoride. The second region comprises a nickel alloy. A concentration of the nickel fluoride gradually decreases from the first ...