US Patent Issued to Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation on Aug. 18 for "Cold-sprayed tantalum coatings and related methods" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,709,806, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wis.).

"Cold-sprayed tantalum coatings and related methods" was invented by Oliver Schmitz (Madison, Wis.), Kumar Sridharan (Madison, Wis.), Mykola Ialovega (Madison, Wis.), Hwasung Yeom (Madison, Wis.), Tyler Dabney (Madison, Wis.), Danah Velez (Madison, Wis.), Marcos Navarro Gonzalez (Madison, Wis.) and Evan J. Willing (Madison, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Plasma devices are provided, which in embodiments, comprise a surface and a cold-sprayed tantalum coating adhered to the surface, the coating configured to absorb a hydrogen species fro...