Patents
US 12492474 B2: Continuous spatial atomic layer deposition process and apparatus for applying films on particles
- Granted
- 2025-12-09
- Filed
- 2023-09-08 application 18463981
- Type
- Utility · 19 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
Continuous spatial atomic layer deposition is performed on a particulate substrate in a continuous reactor comprising a plurality of spatially separated, precursor dosing zones and a means for moving the particulate substrate spatially through the precursor dosing zones to apply an atomic layer deposition coating thereon. The precursor dosing zones may be used simultaneously.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg251209.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forge Nano Inc. 15 patents | US company or organization | Thornton, CO | Forge Nano, Inc. State business registration EXACT high confidence: identical full name and state FORGE NANO, INC. Form D issuer EXACT high confidence: identical full name and state FORGE NANO, INC. Federal lobbying client EXACT high confidence: identical full name and state | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joseph A. Spencer | Longmont, CO | 9 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Robert A. Hall | Denver, CO | 5 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| C23C | Coating metallic material; coating material with metallic material; surface treatment of metallic material by diffusion into the surface, by chemical conversion or substitution; coating by vacuum evaporation, by sputtering, by ion implantation or by chemical vapour deposition, in general | C23C16/45551 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
| Recorded | What | From | To | Reel/frame | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-07-18 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | ALD NANOSOLUTIONS, INC. signed 2025-03-04 | FORGE NANO INC. THORNTON, OH | 71765/559 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
| 2024-01-02 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | HALL, ROBERT A. signed 2016-07-06 SPENCER, JOSEPH ALLEN, II signed 2016-07-06 | ALD NANOSOLUTIONS, INC. BROOMFIELD, CO | 65998/227 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
Documents recorded with the USPTO Assignment Recordation Branch that list this patent. A security interest is a lender’s claim on the patent as collateral; a release ends it.
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