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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7273536 | Conductive diamond electrode and process for producing the same A conductive diamond electrode including an electrode substrate comprising a material selected from the group consisting of a valve metal and an alloy based on the valve metal, at least a surface of the metal or alloy having been subjected to plasticization processi... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7267859 | Thick porous anodic alumina films and nanowire arrays grown on a solid substrate The presently disclosed invention provides for the fabrication of porous anodic alumina (PAA) films on a wide variety of substrates. The substrate comprises a wafer layer and may further include an adhesion layer deposited on the wafer layer. An anodic alumina templ... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7201830 | Anode for oxygen evolution and relevant substrate The invention concerns an anode for gas evolution in electrochemical applications comprising a titanium or other valve metal substrate characterized by a surface with a low average roughness, having a profile typical of a localized attack on the crystal grain bounda... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7169284 | High surface area cathode for electrolytic capacitors using conductive polymer The present invention is directed to a conductive polyethylenedioxythiophene (PEDOT) polymer coated electrode adapted for use as a cathode electrode of an electrolytic capacitor and a method of manufacturing the same. According to the present invention, a metal foil... | 01/30/2007 |
| 6974776 | Activation plate for electroless and immersion plating of integrated circuits The invention provides a method of plating an integrated circuit. An activation plate is positioned adjacent to at least one integrated circuit. The integrated circuit includes a plurality of bond pads comprising a bond-pad metal, and the activation plate also compr... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6967164 | Method for electroless plating a contact pad A method and apparatus is disclosed for sequential processing of integrated circuits, particularly for conductively passivating a contact pad with a material which resists formation of resistive oxides. In particular, a tank is divided into three compartments, each ... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6960370 | Methods of forming medical devices Medical devices that include oxidizable portions can be plated after a two step activation process that includes successive applications of two aqueous solutions of ammonium bifluoride. Once plated, such materials can be soldered using conventional solders and fluxe... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6937002 | Method of using an array of electrodes for high throughput development and testing of materials Methods and apparatus employ the use of arrays (301, 902) of two or more electronically-discrete electrodes (1, 2, 3 . . . ) to facilitate high-throughput preparation and testing of materials comprising two or more elements. High rates of deposition, s... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6932897 | Titanium-containing metals with adherent coatings and methods for producing same A method for plating a titanium-containing metal, comprising the steps of: (a) surface treating the titanium-containing metal in a solution consisting essentially of an aqueous solvent and hydrochloric acid for a period of time sufficient to activate the surface of ... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6913680 | Method of application of electrical biasing to enhance metal deposition A method and associated apparatus includes depositing metal on a plating surface of an object immersed in an electrolyte solution prior to bulk deposition on the plating surface. In one aspect, the method further includes applying a voltage between an anode and the ... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6726829 | Method of manufacturing a stent Disclosed herewithin is an apparatus for fabricating a stent which involves processing a tubular member whereby no connection points to join the edges of a flat pattern are necessary. The process includes the steps of: a) preparing the surface of a tubular member, b... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6630400 | Method for electroless plating a contact pad A method and apparatus is disclosed for sequential processing of integrated circuits, particularly for conductively passivating a contact pad with a material which resists formation of resistive oxides. In particular, a tank is divided into three compartm... | 10/07/2003 |
| 6533916 | Diamond electrodes An electrode consisting of a substrate and a diamond layer applied to the substrate, in which the applied diamond layer is pore-free, and a process for producing a diamond-coated electrode, in which the process comprises at least the following steps: a) c... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6344127 | Method for preparing photocatalytic material The object of the invention is to provide a method for producing a photocatalytic material which consists of a titanium oxide, exhibits a higher photocatalytic activity and has excellent appearances. The above object is attained by the provision of a meth... | 02/05/2002 |
| 6066403 | Metals having phosphate protective films Novel metallic bodies are provided which present an essentially oxide-free surface protected by phosphate groups which directly and chemically bond to surface metal atoms. Metal surfaces such as Al or Fe can be protected by deposition of a phosphate film ... | 05/23/2000 |
| 5961810 | Method for fabricating a conductive polymer energy storage device A method for making high power electrochemical charge storage devices, provides for depositing an electrically conducting polymer (16), (18), onto a non-noble metal substrate (10), which has been prepared by treatment with a surfactant. Using this method,... | 10/05/1999 |
| 5948222 | Reactivation of deactivated anodes Disclosed is a method of reactivating a deactivated anode that has a coating of a noble metal or noble metal oxide on a substrate. A coating of a noble metal is deposited on the anode either electrolessly or electrolytically. The noble metal in the deposi... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5858557 | Nickel/gold plating of a copper-refractory metal material A copper-tungsten or copper-molybdenum substrate is plated with a nickel/gold plating by first activating a surface of the substrate. In activating, the surface is contacted to a concentrated alkaline solution at elevated temperature, and then to a concen... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5837117 | Two-stage process for electrolytically polishing metal surfaces to obtain improved optical properties and resulting products A process for polishing a metal surface, typically based on Al, Mg, Ta, Ti, Zr, Hf or their alloys, comprises a first conventional polishing step by chemical or electrolytic means and a second electrolytic micro-polishing step by anodizing in a mineral, o... | 11/17/1998 |
| 5780173 | Durable platinum/polyimide sensing structures The durability and reliability of a polymer layer/metal layer sensor structure is improved by the incorporation of a metal oxide, e.g., tantalum oxide (Ta2 O5), layer between the polymer, e.g., polyimide, and the metal, e.g., platinu... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5630933 | Processes involving metal hydrides Metal hydrides are activated by an electrochemical procedure. In this procedure, a bulk sample of the corresponding metal is immersed in an aqueous electrolyte and contacted by a cathode. Current passed through the aqueous electrolyte causes electrolysis ... | 05/20/1997 |
| 5591318 | Method of fabricating a conductive polymer energy storage device A method for making high power electrochemical charge storage devices, provides for depositing an electrically conducting polymer (16), (18), onto a non-noble metal substrate (10), which has been prepared by treatment with a surfactant. Using this method,... | 01/07/1997 |
| 5578175 | Process for manufacturing iridium and palladium oxides-coated titanium electrode and the electrode produced thereby A process for manufacturing an iridium and palladium oxides-coated titanium electrode comprises preparing a titanium substrate having a surface, applying iridium and palladium to be formed on the surface of the titanium substrate, and heat-treating the ir... | 11/26/1996 |
| 5547518 | Enhanced method for cleaning foil Foils used to manufacture superconductor materials can effectively be cleaned by heat treatment prior to anodization and further processing steps. The heat treatment can be in conjunction with other cleaning processes or separate.... | 08/20/1996 |
| 5464524 | Plating method for a nickel-titanium alloy member A plating method for a nickel-titanium alloy member is provided which comprises the steps of: subjecting a nickel-titanium alloy member to an anodic electrolyzing treatment and a cathodic electrolyzing treatment in succession by using an electrolyte conta... | 11/07/1995 |
| 5456819 | Process for electrodepositing metal and metal alloys on tungsten, molybdenum and other difficult to plate metals This invention relates to an electrochemical treatment of metal substrates, including so-called "difficult to plate metals" such as tungsten and molybdenum, wherein deoxidation and plating are carried out in the same electrolyte bath by exploiting the ele... | 10/10/1995 |
| 5264109 | Zirconium and zirconium alloy passivation process A zirconium or zirconium alloy passivation process comprises providing an electrolyte which is capable of removing nickel, nickel alloys and alloys containing nickel from the surface of a zirconium or zirconium alloy article, keeping the dissolved metal i... | 11/23/1993 |
| 5215606 | Method for preparing decorative lacquered Ti-based articles A method for preparing decorative lacquered Ti-based articles is disclosed, which method comprises the steps of: (a) heating to 900° to 1300° in vacuum a base of titanium or its alloy whose surface serves as a base material, to grow the crystal grains o... | 06/01/1993 |
| 5209829 | Acid etching bath for titanium alloy of components An acid etching bath for activating titanium alloy components, especially turbo-machine blades and discs, before macrographic anodic oxidation in an electrochemical etching process, known as the "blue-etch" process, for the non-destructive checking of the... | 05/11/1993 |
| 5154816 | Process for depositing an anti-wear coating on titanium based substrates A process for depositing an anti-wear coating on a titanium-based substrate comprises: a) roughening the substrate by sanding; b) deposition of a keying nickel sub-layer on the substrate by cathodic spraying (cathode sputtering); c) intermediate cleaning; d) a... | 10/13/1992 |
| 5149420 | Method for plating palladium A method for plating palladium on Group IV-B and V-B metals, particularly niobium, vanadium, zirconium, titanium and tantalum as pure metals and as alloys is described. The method provides the metal to be plated with a roughened exposed surface to be plat... | 09/22/1992 |
| 5098528 | Method for making an integrated type LC component A method for the making of an integrated type of LC component comprises the following steps; the coiling of an elongated element made of a metal with valve effect, the ends of which constitute two electrodes; the anodization of the element to form a dielectric... | 03/24/1992 |
| 5022969 | Process for encasing an electronic component The process for encasing an electrically conductive region in an electronic component in an insulating layer comprises the steps of depositing a polymer layer by electrochemical polymerization of phenol-, thiophenol- and analine-containing monomers and th... | 06/11/1991 |
| 4938850 | Method for plating on titanium A method for application of an adherent nickel plate to titanium includes steps of surface preparation, deposition of nickel from a plating solution, and a final treatment. The surface preparation steps include a hydrochloric acid dip, a nitric acid/hydro... | 07/03/1990 |
| 4904352 | Electrodeposited multilayer coating for titanium A process for the electrodeposition of a multilayered coating on an article formed of titanium or titanium alloy comprises the steps of: (i) cleaning the article by conventional means, such as by descaling, dry blasing, soaking, and rinsing, so as to remo... | 02/27/1990 |
| 4902388 | Method for electroplating nickel onto titanium alloys This invention relates to an improved method for electroplating a layer of nickel onto titanium base alloy substrates. It is particularly useful in electroplating a layer of nickel onto titanium alloys which contain refractory metal elements, such as the ... | 02/20/1990 |
| 4894125 | Optically black pliable foils The present invention relates to a composite ductile metal foil having an optically black surface comprising a metal foil substrate having a thickness effective for shaping and reshaping; a black chromium surface applied to at least one side of said subst... | 01/16/1990 |
| 4874480 | Process for treatment of titanium and titanium alloys A method of producing titanium and titanium alloys having improved lubricity and cold working characteristics includes immersing titanium or titanium alloy as the cathode in an electrolytic conversion coating bath containing acidified zinc phosphate and f... | 10/17/1989 |
| 4810584 | Lithium tantalum oxide coated tantalum articles with improved wear resistance and process for providing the same A tantalum niobium or tantalum-niobium alloy with a film containing polycrystalline lithium metal oxide wherein the metal corresponds to the metal from which the article is made, wherein the surface properties including hardness, yield strength, elasticit... | 03/07/1989 |
| 4787962 | Method of electrolytically depositing metal on titanium A method of electrolytically depositing metal on titanium, includes a pickling step using sulfuric acid at 95% RP, with the temperature of the bath lying between 30° C. and 80° C., with the concentration lying between 20% and 80% in water, and with the ... | 11/29/1988 |
