ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,385,129, issued on Aug. 12.
"Graphene vapor deposition system and process" was invented by Richard Tracy McDaniel (Wright City, Mo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A graphene vapor deposition system and process are disclosed. The system includes a support for a copper-plated sheet, a housing defining an interior region, a hydraulic cylinder to move the housing between a first and a second position, a pump to evacuate the interior region, carbon powder within the interior region, and a heat source to vaporize the carbon powder, for causing graphene vapor deposition on the copper. The process includes dissolving the copper and recovering th...