US Patent Issued to Maschinenfabrik Kaspar Walter, Vopelius Chemie on Aug. 11 for "Electrolyte and method for producing chromium layers" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,925, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Maschinenfabrik Kaspar Walter GmbH & Co. KG (Krailing, Germany) and Vopelius Chemie AG (Leipzig, Germany).

"Electrolyte and method for producing chromium layers" was invented by Thilo von Vopelius (Leipzig, Germany), Peter Schaale (Leipzig, Germany) and Christoph Gschossmann (Ubersee, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is an electrolyte for the electrolytic deposition of chromium as a metal, comprising (a) a chromium (III) salt and (b) metallic chromium, the use of the electrolyte for producing chromium layers on rotationally symmetrical components, in particular gravure printing ...