US Patent Issued to VITO on July 21 for "Method for applying a protective layer to an alkali metal or alkali metal alloy surface, and article comprising such protective layer" (Belgian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,689,027, issued on July 21, was assigned to VITO NV (Mol, Belgium).

"Method for applying a protective layer to an alkali metal or alkali metal alloy surface, and article comprising such protective layer" was invented by Vijay Shankar Rangasamy (Mol, Belgium), Annick Vanhulsel (Mol, Belgium), Bert Verheyde (Mol, Belgium) and Dirk Vangeneugden (Mol, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method is disclosed for applying a protective layer on at least part of an exposed alkali metal or alkali metal alloy substrate. The method includes activating a gas using a plasma discharge to obtain an activated gas and contacting the exposed surface w...