ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,709,819, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to Zadient Technologies SAS (Sainte-Helene-du-Lac, France).
"Furnace apparatus for crystal production" was invented by Kagan Ceran (Saint Baldoph, France), Didier Marsan (Saint Baldoph, France), Alexander Syrkin (Munich), Omar Benamara (Lyons, France) and Moaine Jebara (Nantes, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure refers to a furnace apparatus, in particular a furnace apparatus for growing crystals, in particular for growing SiC crystals. The furnace apparatus includes a furnace unit, where the furnace unit includes a furnace housing, at least one crucible unit where the crucible u...