US Patent Issued to SLT Technologies on March 18 for "Ultrapure mineralizer and improved methods for nitride crystal growth" (Washington, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,252,812, issued on March 18, was assigned to SLT Technologies Inc. (Los Angeles).

"Ultrapure mineralizer and improved methods for nitride crystal growth" was invented by Mark P. D'Evelyn (Vancouver, Wash.), Paul M. Von Dollen (Brush Prairie, Wash.), Lisa M. Gay (Vancouver, Wash.), Douglas W. Pocius (Aguanga, Calif.) and Jonathan D. Cook (Santa Barbara, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for growth of group III metal nitride crystals includes providing one or more transfer vessels, a source vessel containing a condensable mineralizer composition, and a receiving vessel, chilling a metallic surface within the one or more trans...