Patents by Inventor Maxio Frati

Maxio Frati 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).

  • Method of making heat treated coated article using diamond-like carbon (DLC) coating and protective film
    Patent number: 8580336
    Abstract: A method of making a heat treated coated article includes forming at least one layer comprising diamond-like carbon (DLC) on a glass substrate, and forming a removable protective film on the glass substrate over at least the layer comprising DLC. The removable protective film includes first and second inorganic layers, the first inorganic layer comprising zinc oxide and nitrogen and being located between the layer comprising DLC and the second inorganic layer. The glass substrate may be heat treated so that during the heat treating the protective film prevents significant burnoff of the layer comprising DLC.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignees: Guardian Industries Corp., Centre Luxembourg de Recherches pour le Verre et al. Ceramique S.A. (C.R.V.C.)
    Inventors: Nestor P. Murphy, Maxio Frati, Rudolph H. Petrmichl, Jiangping Wang, Jens-Peter Muller, Herbert Lage