Patent 7445679 was granted and assigned to Cabot Corporation on November, 2008 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Methods to form metal oxide material are described. In one process, an oxide film on a metal material is diffused throughout the metal material to form a preferred uniform metal oxide material. The present invention further relates to products formed by the process. Also, the present invention relates to the use of the products in capacitor anodes and other applications.