catalyst material having palla- dium, wherein the palladium is a primary component to initiate the deposition; treating with an alka- line cleaner; rinsing; treating with sodium persulfate; rinsing; treating with diluted sulfuric acid; rinsing; immersing in a gold deposition solution, whereby gold is directly deposited on exposed surfaces of the copper circuit fea- tures in the presence of detectable amounts of palladium catalyst; rinsing; and drying.

CORROSION-RESISTANT COATING FOR ALUMINUM

US. Patent 6,087,017. July 11, 2000 J.W. Bibber, assignor to Sanchem Inc., Chicago

An anodized or nonanodized alu- minum or aluminum alloy article having thereon a wax acid polyes- ter protective coating formed by the in-situ reaction of a polybasic acid or anhydride, a polyol, and an effective amount of a lanolin wax acid such that, when sub- jected to a salt fog at 95°F for at least 100 hr, the article will show no signs of corrosion.

DWCURABEE CLEARCOAT

US. Patent 6,087,413. July 11, 2000 R.T. Lake, assignor to Red Spot Paint and Varnish Co. Inc., Evansville, Ind.

An ultraviolet-curable clearcoat composition comprising 40 to 60% by weight of an inert solvent; 30 to 90% of an acrylated aliphatic polyether urethane; 15 to 70% of an acrylate with multiple func- tionality; a light stabilizer; and a photopolymerization initiator or sensitizer.

DEVICE FOR ABRASIVE BLASTING

U.S. Patent 6,089,956. July 18, 2000 D. Bohler, assignor to Gunther Bohler GmbH, Denzlingen, Germany

A method fur the abrasive blast- ing of workpieces comprising in- troducing a workpiece into a

chamber, which is closed in an suction action of the subatmo- essentially airtight manner on all spheric pressure in the chamber. sides; reducing the pressure in the chamber by extracting air; PROSPRATING PROCESS and feeding a blasting agent and US. Patent 6,090,224. July 18, 2000 air, via a blasting pipe unit, into W. Wichelhaus et al., assignors to the chamber and onto the work- Henkel, Duesseldorfj Germany

piece, the feed of the blasting agent A process for phosphating and af- being effected essentially by the ter-rinsing surfaces of at least one

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