US Patent Issued to Coulombic on Feb. 11 for "Diamond-like carbon materials and methods of making diamond-like carbon materials" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,221,685, issued on Feb. 11, was assigned to Coulombic Inc. (Oakland, Calif.).

"Diamond-like carbon materials and methods of making diamond-like carbon materials" was invented by David Andrew Sopchak (Oakland, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Diamond-like carbon materials and methods of making diamond-like carbon materials are provided. The diamond-like carbon materials are made and tested to specific desirable properties of conductivity and overpotential for undesired reactions. Methods of making the diamond-like carbon include sputtering using a DC magnetron, where the sputtering gas includes argon and nitrogen."

The patent was fi...