US Patent Issued to Intuitive Surgical Operations on May 26 for "Electronic assemblies including a conformal moisture barrier" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,635,857, issued on May 26, was assigned to Intuitive Surgical Operations Inc. (Sunnyvale, Calif.).

"Electronic assemblies including a conformal moisture barrier" was invented by Majeed A. Foad (Sunnyvale, Calif.), John A Barton (San Jose, Calif.) and Jonathan D. Halderman (Sunnyvale, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method includes forming, by atomic layer deposition, a first barrier layer on a surface of a printed circuit board ("PCB") and on an outer surface of an electrical component attached to the surface of the PCB; forming an adhesion promotion layer on a surface of the first barrier layer; and forming, on the adhesion promo...