Inventor · Bad Ragaz, CH

Beno Widrig

31Patents
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36Co-inventors
59Inventor score

Filing activity: Apr 8, 2005 → Oct 16, 2019

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7939181B2 Layer system with at least one mixed crystal layer of a multi-oxide Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 20 Active
US7943017B2 Method for operating a pulsed arc evaporation source and vacuum process system comprising said pulsed arc evaporation source Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 8 Active
US7857948B2 Method for manufacturing poorly conductive layers Electricity 4 Active
US9845527B2 Method for pretreating substrates for PVD methods Electricity 2 Active
US9997338B2 Method for operating a pulsed arc source Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 1 Active
US9822322B2 Molybdenum monoxide layers, and production thereof using PVD Chemistry; Metallurgy 1 Active
US9581104B2 Steel piston for an internal combustion engine and method for its production Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1 Active
US11655544B2 PVD barrier coating for superalloy substrates Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1 Active
US8496793B2 Vacuum treatment installation and vacuum treatment method Electricity 1 Active
US8197648B2 Method for depositing electrically insulating layers Electricity 1 Active
US9905399B2 Carbon spark evaporation Electricity 1 Active
US9945024B2 Method for producing cubic zirconia layers Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1 Active
US9230778B2 Method for removing hard carbon layers Electricity 0 Active
US10041017B2 Coating with enhanced sliding properties Chemistry; Metallurgy 0 Active
US10604835B2 Macroparticle filter device and method for use in cathodic arc deposition Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 0 Active
US9890450B2 Method for structuring layer surfaces Electricity 0 Active
US9702036B2 Layer system with at least one mixed crystal layer of a multi-oxide Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 0 Active
US10677355B2 Tribological system of an internal combustion engine with a coating Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 0 Active
US10487391B2 Oxidation barrier layer Chemistry; Metallurgy 0 Active
US10865138B2 Infrared mirror with a thermally stable layer Physics 0 Active
US9611538B2 Method for producing metal oxide layers through arc vaporization Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 0 Active
US11814702B2 PVD bond coat Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 0 Active
US11155914B2 Wear and/or friction reduction by using molybdenum nitride based coatings Chemistry; Metallurgy 0 Active
US9873850B2 Arc PVD coating with enhanced reducing friction and reducing wear properties Chemistry; Metallurgy 0 Active
US10487394B2 Method for coating motor pistons Chemistry; Metallurgy 0 Active

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.