B29C 59/14
Surface shaping of articles: by plasma treatment
Official title: by plasma treatment {(plasma tubes per se H01J)}
B29C59/14 (Surface shaping of articles: by plasma treatment) appears on 555 US grants and 446 published applications in this corpus.
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Process for preparation of oxygen barrier film12 May 2026US 12,624,177 B2Sabic Global Technologies B.V.
- Structured film and method of using same to form a pattern on a substrate12 May 2026US 12,625,423 B23M Innovative Properties Company
- Atmospheric pressure plasma reduction of copper oxide to copper metal5 May 2026US 12,617,146 B1Surfx Technologies LLC
- Medical devices and instruments with non-coated superhydrophobic or superoleophobic surfaces21 Apr 2026US 12,605,490 B2
- Systems and methods for igniting plasma within tubes17 Mar 2026US 12,581,586 B2Eli Lilly and Company
- Systems and methods for igniting plasma within tubes10 Sep 2026US 2026/0271170 A1Eli Lilly and Company
- Structured Film and Method of Using Same to Form a Pattern on a Substrate27 Aug 2026US 2026/0251967 A13M Innovative Properties Company
- Hydrogen peroxide plasma surface modification23 Jul 2026US 2026/0209456 A1RASIRC, Inc.
- Method and device for wearable contact lenses for remote optical monitoring of intraocular pressure4 Jun 2026US 2026/0151088 A1SmartLens, Inc.
- Method suitable for producing a pattern on a spectacle lens5 Feb 2026US 2026/0036832 A1Carl Zeiss Vision International GmbH
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- Vascular prosthesis having fluorinated coating with varying F/C ratio464US 4,718,907 AAtrium Medical Corporation · 1988
- Devices and methods for using centripetal acceleration to drive fluid movement in a microfluidics system370US 6,319,469 B1Silicon Valley Bank · 2001
- Method for plasma processing and apparatus for plasma processing268US 5,549,780 ASemiconductor Energy Laboratory Co.Ltd. · 1996
- Oxyfluoropolymers having chemically reactive surface functionality and increased surface energies228US 4,946,903 AThe Research Foundation of State University of NY · 1990
- Biocompatible, surface modified materials and method of making the same164US 5,326,584 ADrexel University · 1994