US Patent Issued to NELUMBOINC. on May 27 for "Coincident surface modifications and methods of preparation thereof" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,311,641, issued on May 27, was assigned to NELUMBOINC. (Hayward, Calif.).

"Coincident surface modifications and methods of preparation thereof" was invented by Lance R. Brockway (Hayward, Calif.) and David C. Walther (Hayward, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods are described for modification of a substrate with a surface modification material that includes a conversion layer deposited on the substrate surface and a deposited layer that is situated over the conversion layer. The methods include a conversion step and a deposition step that occur without intermediate processing steps in a process fluid that includes a metal and a...