US Patent Issued to BASF, Wayne State University on May 13 for "Process for the generation of metal- or semimetal-containing films" (German, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,297,534, issued on May 13, was assigned to BASF SE (Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany) and Wayne State University (Detroit).

"Process for the generation of metal- or semimetal-containing films" was invented by Sinja Verena Klenk (Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany), Alexander Georg Hufnagel (Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany), Hagen Wilmer (Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany), Daniel Loffler (Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany), Sabine Weiguny (Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany), Kerstin Schierle-Arndt (Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany), Charles Hartger Winter (Detroit) and Nilanka Weerathunga Sirikkathuge (Detroit).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present in...