Patents by Inventor Alain Mocellin

Alain Mocellin has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Black-colored coating deposited on a substrate
    Patent number: 5030522
    Abstract: A cathodic sputtering operation using a target of a material containing titanium, aluminium, oxygen and nitrogen in an argon atmosphere is disclosed.This sputtering operation gives rise to a layer containing the same elements as the target. The resulting layer is opague, has an attractive, deep and brilliant black color, adheres well to the substrate and is resistant to wear and corrosion. The physical structure of the layer is characterized by a transparent and insulating amorphous phase in which are dispersed a plurality of inclusions having a size on the order of nanometers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 1989
    Date of Patent: July 9, 1991
    Assignee: Asulab S.A.
    Inventors: Roland Luthier, Francis Levy, Alain Mocellin
  • Process for depositing a black-colored coating on a substrate and a black-colored coating obtained using this process
    Patent number: 4997538
    Abstract: A cathodic sputtering operation using a target of a material containing titanium, aluminum, oxygen and nitrogen in an argon atmosphere is disclosed.This sputtering operation gives rise to a layer containing the same elements as the target. The resulting layer is opaque, has an attractive, deep and brilliant black color, adheres well to the substrate and is resistant to wear and corrosion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 1989
    Date of Patent: March 5, 1991
    Assignee: Asulab S.A.
    Inventors: Roland Luthier, Francis Levy, Alain Mocellin