ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,919, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Plansee SE (Reutte, Austria).
"Yttria-coated refractory metal component" was invented by Robert Schiftner (Reutte, Austria), Katrin Knittl (Reutte, Austria), Thomas Huber (Reutte, Austria) and Michael Mark (Reutte, Austria).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A component formed of a refractory metal has a surface that is at least partially coated with a layer of yttria. There is also described a method of manufacturing a coated component, and the application of Y2O3 as a release agent in high temperature applications."
The patent was filed on Nov. 25, 2021, under Application No. 18/257,646.
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