Opaque chrome coating having increased resistance to pinhole...

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2007-01-09

2007-01-09

Lam, Cathy F. (Department: 1775)

Stock material or miscellaneous articles

All metal or with adjacent metals

Composite; i.e., plural, adjacent, spatially distinct metal...

C428S635000, C430S002000, C430S313000, C430S316000, C430S317000, C430S318000, C430S322000

Reexamination Certificate

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10971618

ABSTRACT:
A substrate with a patterned opaque coating formable into an opaque aperture in one process is provided. The opaque coating includes at least a bottom layer and a top layer. The bottom and top layers each include a material selected from the group consisting of chrome and chrome oxide. The top layer has a compressive stress, which makes the opaque coating more resistant to pinhole formation during downstream processing.

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