US Patent Issued to NATA SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS on April 1 for "Synthesis of 1,1,1-trichlorodisilane" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,264,074, issued on April 1, was assigned to NATA SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS Co. LTD. (Chuzhou, China).

"Synthesis of 1,1,1-trichlorodisilane" was invented by Andrew Millward (Midland, Mich.), Brian D. Rekken (Midland, Mich.), Travis Sunderland (Midland, Mich.), Jeanette K. Young (Midland, Mich.) and Xiaobing Zhou (Midland, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of making a trihalodisilane, the method comprising: combining a reductive effective amount of an alkylaluminum hydride, a halodisilane comprising at least 4 halogen atoms, and a solvent at a temperature greater than80deg C. and reducing the halodisilane to form a reaction prod...