US Patent Issued to GLENAIR on May 12 for "Thermal decomposition metallization process" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,624,457, issued on May 12, was assigned to GLENAIR INC. (Glendale, Calif.).

"Thermal decomposition metallization process" was invented by Jar-Wha Lee (Columbus, Ohio), Zachary Douglas Adams (Columbus, Ohio) and Mark Andrew Maltese (Columbus, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for forming a conductive metal-polymer composite coated polymer includes providing a polymer substrate and immersing the polymer substrate in a metal solution. The method further includes decomposing the metal solution in a thermally controlled environment and reducing the metal solution to metal such that the metal is deposited on a surface of the polymer ...