C23C 14/355
Using electrons
Official title: {using electrons, e.g. triode sputtering}
C23C14/355 (Using electrons) appears on 70 US grants and 50 published applications in this corpus.
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Variable hardness nanocomposite coating18 Aug 2026US 12,709,794 B2Southwest Research Institute
- Electron-beam-assisted sputtering device and method therefor3 Feb 2026US 12,540,386 B2Infovion Inc.
- Multifocal magnetron design for physical vapor deposition processing on a single cathode22 Apr 2025US 12,283,470 B2Intevac, Inc.
- Separator and method for manufacturing separator16 May 2023US 11,652,218 B2Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Electrically and magnetically enhanced ionized physical vapor deposition unbalanced sputtering source25 Oct 2022US 11,482,404 B2IonQuest Corp.
- Electron-beam-assisted sputtering device and method therefor16 Jan 2025US 2025/0019819 A1Infovion Inc.
- Variable hardness nanocomposite coating21 Mar 2024US 2024/0093351 A1Southwest Research Institute
- Multifocal magnetron design for physical vapor deposition processing on a single cathode22 Dec 2022US 2022/0406582 A1Intevac, Inc.
- Separator and method for manufacturing separator21 Apr 2022US 2022/0123326 A1Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Improvements in and relating to coating processes6 May 2021US 2021/0134571 A1Gencoa Ltd.
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