US Patent Issued to Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur forderung der angewandten Forschung on Sept. 30 for "Method for producing layers with improved uniformity in coating systems with horizontally rotating substrate guiding" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,428,720, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur forderung der angewandten Forschung e.V. (Munich).

"Method for producing layers with improved uniformity in coating systems with horizontally rotating substrate guiding" was invented by Michael Vergohl (Braunschweig, Germany), Andreas Pflug (Braunschweig, Germany), Stefan Bruns (Braunschweig, Germany) and Tobias Zickenrott (Braunschweig, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a method for producing layers with very good uniformity in coating systems with horizontally rotating substrate guiding. Alternatively, certain layer thickness gradien...