ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,509,774, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to SAFRAN (Paris), CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (Paris) and UNIVERSITE DE BORDEAUX (Bordeaux, France).

"Device and method for depositing thick metal nitride coatings by the supercritical fluid route" was invented by Marjorie Christine Cavarroc (Moissy-Cramayel, France), Cyril Aymonier (Begles, France), Baptiste Simon Giroire (Bordeaux, France), Bertrand Guillaume (Paris), Angelique Nadine Jeanne Poulon (Arsac, France) and Guillaume Aubert (Talence, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for depositing a thick metal nitride on a sample by supercritical fluids includes a firs...