US Patent Issued to Solstice Advanced Materials US on Oct. 6 for "Mechanical locking sputtering target bonding method and target assemblies produced thereby" (American, Thai Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,752,336, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to Solstice Advanced Materials US Inc. (Morris Plains, N.J.).

"Mechanical locking sputtering target bonding method and target assemblies produced thereby" was invented by Suiqiong Li (Spokane, Wash.), Nishanth Selvaraj (Sriracha, Thailand), Stephane Ferrasse (Spokane, Wash.), Wayne Meyer (Cheney, Wash.) and Michael Goodwater (Otis Orchards, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of forming a bond in a sputtering assembly includes forming first projections on a bonding surface of a sputtering target, forming second projections on a bonding surface of a backing plate, aligning the sputtering ta...