ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,595,551, issued on April 7, was assigned to THE SWATCH GROUP RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT LTD (Marin, Switzerland).
"Method for the surface treatment of particles of a metal powder and metal powder particles obtained thereby" was invented by Csilla Miko (Essertines-sur-Yverdon, Switzerland) and Jean-Luc Bazin (Tuscherz-Alfermee, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for surface treatment of a metal material in a powder state is provided, the method including obtaining a powder formed from a plurality of particles of the metal material to be treated; and subjecting the powder to an ion implantation process by directing a beam of...