with a dosage of u l t raviole t light; e tch ing the t r ea ted surface; and apply ing to the e tched surface a polymeric coating.

HIGH D E N S I T Y I N T E R M E T A L L I C SPUTTER TARGET U.S. Patent 6,042,777. Mar. 28, 2000 C.F. Lo et al., assignors to Sony Corp., Tokyo, and Materials Research Corp., Orangeburg, N.Y.

A method of fo rming an in terme- tallic s pu t t e r t a rge t compr i s ing mix ing a first meta l l ic powder wi th a second metall ic powder to form a blend; hea t ing the lend in a c on t a inmen t vessel to a first tem- p e r a t u r e of f rom 400°C below the mel t ing point of the first metal l ic powder to 100°C below the melt- ing point of the first metal l ic pow- der for a period of t ime effective to form an in te rmeta l l i c s t r uc tu r e hav ing at least one mel t ing point; h e a t i n g the in te rmeta l l ic s t ruc- tu re in the con ta inmen t vessel to a second t e m p e r a t u r e of be tween 300°C below the at least one melt- i ng p o i n t of the i n t e r m e t a l l i c s t ruc tu re to about 50°C below the at least one mel t ing point of the

in te rmeta l l i c s t ruc tu re ; and si- mu l t aneous ly apply ing pressure to the in termeta l l ic s t ruc tu re to the reby form a h igh dens i ty inter- metal l ic spu t te r target .

ELECTROLESS P L A T I N G PROCESS U.S. Patent 6,042,889. Mar. 28, 2000 G.L. Ballard, and J.G. Gaudiello, assignors to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk, N.Y.

A method for electrolessly depos- i t ing a meta l onto a subs t ra te us- ing media to r ions.

STRUCTURAL STEEL PROFILES W I T H G A L V A N I Z E D C O A T I N G U.S. Patent 6,042,891. Mar. 28, 2000 B.R. Crossingham et al., assignors to Tubemakers of Australia Limited, Sydney, Australia

A method of m a n u f a c t u r i n g a con- t inuous length of steel hav ing a s t ruc tu ra l profile incorpora t ing at least one corner of p rede te rmined included angle and a coat ing of ga lvaniz ing mater ia l .

ELECTROCOATING C A T A L Y S T U.S. Patent 6,042,893. Mar. 28, 2000 E.C. Bossert et al., assignors to El f

Atochem North America Inc., Philadelphia

A process for coat ing a conductive subs t r a t e compr is ing contac t ing wi th a curable conductive coat ing composit ion of a blocked react ive c o m p o n e n t ; a f u n c t i o n a l com- pound react ive wi th the blocked react ive component ; and a cata- lyst for p romot ing the react ion of the blocked react ive componen t wi th the funct ional compound.

U N I F O R M PLATING OF DENDRITES U.S. Patent 6,043,150. Mar. 28, 2000 F.J. Downes, Jr. et al., assignors to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk, N.Y.

A m e t h o d for fo rming un i fo rm dendr i t e s on a circui t ized sub- s trate.

A U T O C A T A L Y T I C DEPOSIT ION OF Z I N C - T I N U.S. Patent 6,045,604. Apr. 4, 2000 P.L. Cavallotti, and V. Sirtori, assignors to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk, N.Y.

An alkal ine ba th for autocata ly t ic chemical deposit ion of t in-zinc al- loy on a catalyt ic surface contain-

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