US Patent Issued to CRYSTAL IS on July 1 for "Tungsten-infused aluminum nitride crystals and methods of forming them" (New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,344,957, issued on July 1, was assigned to CRYSTAL IS INC. (Green Island, N.Y.).

"Tungsten-infused aluminum nitride crystals and methods of forming them" was invented by Robert T. Bondokov (Watervliet, N.Y.), Sean P. Branagan (Green Island, N.Y.), Naoki Ishigami (Green Island, N.Y.), Thomas Miebach (Malta, N.Y.) and Jianfeng Chen (Ballston Lake, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In various embodiments, polycrystalline AlN ceramics, single-crystalline AlN boules, and/or single-crystalline AlN substrates are infused with tungsten present on the surface and/or within the bulk thereof. The tungsten-infused AlN materials may be utilized to f...