ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,492,475, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to BASF SE.

"Process for the generation of metal- or semimetal-containing films" was invented by Sinja Verena Klenk (Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany), David Dominique Schweinfurth (Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany), Lukas Mayr (Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany), Sabine Weiguny (Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany), Charles Winter (Detroit), Nilanka Weerathunga Sirikkathuge (Detroit) and Tharindu Karunaratne (Detroit).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention is in the field of processes for preparing inorganic metal- or semimetal-containing films. The process comprising (a) depositing a metal- or se...