ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,909, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Skycap Investment Holdings Inc. (Toronto).

"Coating drum and system for vapor deposition" was invented by Maciej Jastrzebski (Toronto) and Andrew Skoko (Toronto).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vapor deposition system includes a drum. The drum includes a generally cylindrical drum core. A process ring is fixedly disposed on the drum core at a position radially outward of the drum core. The process ring includes an inner face that extends radially, an outer face that extends radially opposite the inner face, and an outer-facing surface extending between the inner face and the outer face. The out...