Coating processes – Coating by vapor – gas – or smoke – Carbon or carbide coating
Reexamination Certificate
2005-04-12
2005-04-12
Chen, Bret (Department: 1762)
Coating processes
Coating by vapor, gas, or smoke
Carbon or carbide coating
C427S553000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06878403
ABSTRACT:
A method is provided for ion treating diamond-like carbon (DLC) in order to reduce contact angle thereof. For example, a substrate is coated with a layer(s) or coating(s) that includes, for example, amorphous carbon in a form of DLC. The DLC is then ion beam treated in a manner so as to cause the contact angle θ thereof to decrease. In certain example embodiments, at least oxygen gas is used in an ion beam source(s) that generates the ion beam(s) used for the ion beam treatment.
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Thomsen Scott V.
Veerasamy Vijayen S.
Chen Bret
Guardian Industries Corp.
Nixon & Vanderhye P.C.
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