ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,509,791, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to ALCHIMEDICS (Massy, France).
"Formation of organic electro-grafted films on the surface of electrically conductive or semi-conductive surfaces" was invented by Christophe Bureau (Uriage, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a method for grafting an organic film onto an eclectically conductive or semiconductive surface by electro-reduction of a solution, wherein the solution comprises one diazonium salt and one monomer bearing at least one chain polymerizable functional group. During the electrolyzing process, at least one protocol consisting of an electrical polarizati...