US Patent Issued to VERGASON TECHNOLOGY on Sept. 30 for "Film stack composition, related method, and applications" (New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,428,718, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to VERGASON TECHNOLOGY INC. (Van Etten, N.Y.).

"Film stack composition, related method, and applications" was invented by Joshua B. Soper (Candor, N.Y.) and Gregory A. Pilgrim (Ithaca, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multi-layer PVD film stack contains a first layer higher index of refraction metal followed by a second layer semi-transparent lower index of refraction metal. The thickness of the second layer dictates the reflectivity of the second layer material. The second layer not only increases the reflectivity of the first layer, but it also decreases the reflectivity lost when the PVD...