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VIRATEC THIN FILMS INC

Overview
  • Total Patents
    87
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VIRATEC THIN FILMS INC has a total of 87 patent applications. Its first patent ever was published in 1989. It filed its patents most often in United States, WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization) and Canada. Its main competitors in its focus markets electrical machinery and energy, optics and surface technology and coating are APPLIED VACUUM COATING TECHNOL, AGC FLAT GLASS NA INC and BUEHLER ALZENAU GMBH.

Patent filings per year

Chart showing VIRATEC THIN FILMS INCs patent filings per year from 1900 to 2020

Top inventors

# Name Total Patents
#1 Bjornard Erik J 41
#2 Dickey Eric R 24
#3 Steffenhagen Debra M 11
#4 Taylor Clifford L 10
#5 Woodruff Daniel P 10
#6 Kurman Eric W 9
#7 Crowley Daniel T 8
#8 Austin Russell R 8
#9 Stevenson David E 7
#10 Kuhlmann Bruce E 6

Latest patents

Publication Filing date Title
WO0238826A1 Alternating current rotatable sputter cathode
US6490091B1 Display panel filter and method of making the same
WO9859335A1 Display panel filter and method of making the same
US5990984A Coated polymer substrate with matching refractive index and method of making the same
US5620577A Spring-loaded mount for a rotatable sputtering cathode
US5768471A Optical analyzer for measuring reflectivity of moving substrate
US5772861A System for evaluating thin film coatings
WO9606205A1 Spring-loaded mount for a rotatable sputtering cathode
US5812405A Three variable optimization system for thin film coating design
US5579162A Antireflection coating for a temperature sensitive substrate
CA2175058A1 Method and apparatus for thin film coating an article
US5571393A Magnet housing for a sputtering cathode
US5567289A Rotating floating magnetron dark-space shield and cone end
US5651723A Method and apparatus for cleaning substrates in preparation for deposition of thin film coatings
US5413688A Shutter apparatus for a coating chamber viewport
US5450238A Four-layer antireflection coating for deposition in in-like DC sputtering apparatus
US5489369A Method and apparatus for thin film coating an article
US5270858A D.C. reactively sputtered antireflection coatings
US5407733A Electrically-conductive, light-attenuating antireflection coating
CA2067765A1 Dc reactively sputtered optical coatings including niobium oxide