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Metallizing refractory substrates

Assignee: AT&T Inc
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Filing: 1959-05-25
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Granted: 1961-07-25
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Expires: 1979-05-25
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Arnold W Treptow

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-11-03 21:16
CPC Classifications
C; C04; C04B; C04B41/00; C04B41/009; C04B41/45; C04B41/50; C04B41/51; C04B41/5127; C04B41/5183; C04B41/80; C04B41/81; C04B41/85; C04B41/88; H; H01; H01B; H01B1/00; H01B1/14; H01B1/16; H05; H05K; H05K3/00; H05K3/10; H05K3/105; H05K2203/00; H05K2203/11; H05K2203/1105; H05K2203/12; H05K2203/125; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S428/00; Y10S428/901; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/24; Y10T428/24802; Y10T428/24917; Y10T428/24926

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 137 words
THE METHOD OF FORMING A CONDUCTIVE COPPER LAYER ON A REFRACTORY SUBSTRATE WHICH COMPRISES APPLYING TO SAID REFRACTORY SUBSTRATE A MIXTURE OF FROM 5 TO 50 PARTS BY WEIGHT OF A MATERIAL SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF COPPER AND COPPER OXIDE, AND ONE PART BY WEIGHT OF A REDUCTION-RESISTANT GLASS FLUX, SAID MIXTURE BEING SUSPENDED IN A VOLATILE AND DECOMPOSABLE FLUID SUSPENDING MEDIUM, FIRING SAID SUBSTRATE IN AN OXIDIZING ATMOSPHERE UNTIL SAID GLASS FLUX IS PARTIALLY SINTERED AND WETS SAID REFRACTORY SUBSTRATE AND SAID SUSPENDING MEDIUM IS VOLATILIZED LEAVING SUBSTANTIALLY NO RESIDUE, AND THEN FIRING SAID SUBSTRATE IN A CONTROLLED ATMOSPHERE OF 55 TO 89 PERCENT BY VOLUME OF NITROGEN, 8 TO 44 PERCENT BY VOLUME OF HYDROGEN AND 0.4 TO 6 PERCENT BY VOLUME OF OXYGEN UNTIL THE SINTERING OF SAID GLASS FLUX IS COMPLETED.
Claim 2
Independent Claim 137 words
THE METHOD OF FORMING A CONDUCTIVE COPPER LAYER ON A REFRACTORY SUBSTRATE WHICH COMPRISES APPLYING TO SAID REFRACTORY SUBSTRATE A MIXTURE OF FROM 5 TO 50 PARTS BY WEIGHT OF A MATERIAL SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF COPPER AND COPPER OXIDE, AND ONE PART BY WEIGHT OF A REDUCTION-RESISTANT GLASS FLUX, SAID MIXTURE BEING SUSPENDED IN A VOLATILE AND DECOMPOSABLE FLUID SUSPENDING MEDIUM, FIRING SAID SUBSTRATE IN AN OXIDIZING ATMOSPHERE UNTIL SAID GLASS FLUX IS PARTIALLY SINTERED AND WETS SAID REFRACTORY SUBSTRATE AND SAID SUSPENDING MEDIUM IS VOLATILIZED LEAVING SUBSTANTIALLY NO RESIDUE, AND THEN FIRING SAID SUBSTRATE IN A CONTROLLED ATMOSPHERE OF 55 TO 89 PERCENT BY VOLUME OF NITROGEN, 8 TO 44 PERCENT BY VOLUME OF HYDROGEN AND 0.4 TO 6 PERCENT BY VOLUME OF OXYGEN UNTIL THE SINTERING OF SAID GLASS FLUX IS COMPLETED.

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3.5 Years (Year 4) 1964-07-24 1965-01-23 1965-07-25 $2000.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
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11.5 Years (Year 12) 1972-07-24 1973-01-23 1973-07-25 $7700.00 Window Closed / Lapsed

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