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Stainless steel overcoat for sputtered films

Patent 4692389 Issued on September 8, 1987. Estimated Expiration Date: Icon_subject March 17, 2006. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Inventors

Assignee

Application

No. 06/840259 filed on 03/17/1986

US Classes:

428/622, More than one such component428/630, Noncrystalline silica or noncrystalline plural-oxide component (e.g., glass, etc.)65/60.2, Plural diverse layers65/60.4Free metal coating

Examiners

Primary: Andrews, Melvyn
Assistant: Wyszomierski, George

Attorney, Agent or Firm

International Classes

C03C 17/36 (20060101)
C23C 14/16 (20060101)
C23C 14/18 (20060101)

Abstract

A method is disclosed for improving the stability and durability of sputtered metal films such as silver and copper by means of depositing a protective overcoat of a metal such as stainless steel on the exposed surface of the film.

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