Patents by Inventor Adir Jacob

Adir Jacob 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).

  • Process and apparatus for dry sterilization of medical devices and materials
    Patent number: 6342187
    Abstract: Articles which it is intended to sterilize are placed into a confined volume and are subjected to neutral species of an electrical discharge while maintaining the volume glowless and substantially field free by interposing a barrier between the articles and the discharge, the barrier being transparent to neutral species and opaque to charged species emanating from the discharge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2002
    Inventors: Adir Jacob, Jonathan Allen Wilder
  • Process for dry sterilization of medical devices and materials
    Patent number: 6149878
    Abstract: Articles which it is intended to sterilize are placed into a confined volume and are subjected to neutral species of an electrical discharge while maintaining the volume glowless and substantially field free by interposing a barrier between the articles and the discharge, the barrier being transparent to neutral species and opaque to charged species emanating from the discharge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2000
    Assignee: Adir Jacob
    Inventors: Adir Jacob, Jonathan Allen Wilder
  • Process for dry sterilization of medical devices and materials
    Patent number: 5897831
    Abstract: Articles which it is intended to sterilize are placed into a confined volume and are subjected to neutral species of an electrical discharge while maintaining the volume glowless and substantially field free by interposing a barrier between the articles and the discharge, the barrier being transparent to neutral species and opaque to charged species emanating from the discharge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 27, 1999
    Assignee: Adir Jacob
    Inventors: Adir Jacob, Jonathan Allen Wilder
  • Process for dry sterilization of medical devices and materials
    Patent number: 5741460
    Abstract: Articles which it is intended to sterilize are placed into a confined volume and are subjected to neutral species of an electrical discharge while maintaining the volume glowless and substantially field free by interposing a barrier between the articles and the discharge, the barrier being transparent to neutral species and opaque to charged species emanating from the discharge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 21, 1998
    Assignee: Adir Jacob
    Inventors: Adir Jacob, Jonathan Allen Wilder
  • Process and apparatus for dry sterilization of medical devices and materials
    Patent number: 5451368
    Abstract: Articles intended for dry sterilization are placed into a confined volume and are subjected to neutral species of an electrical plasma discharge while maintaining the volume glowless and substantially field free by interposing a barrier between the articles and the discharge, the barrier being transparent to neutral species and opaque to charged species emanating from the discharge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 19, 1995
    Inventor: Adir Jacob
  • Process for dry sterilization of medical devices and materials
    Patent number: 5393490
    Abstract: Articles which it is intended to sterilize are placed into a confined volume and are subjected to neutral species of an electrical discharge while maintaining the volume glowless and substantially field free by interposing a barrier between the articles and the discharge, the barrier being transparent to neutral species and opaque to charged species emanating from the discharge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 1994
    Date of Patent: February 28, 1995
    Assignee: MDT Corporation
    Inventor: Adir Jacob
  • Process for dry sterilization of medical devices and materials
    Patent number: 5302343
    Abstract: Articles to be sterilized are placed into a confined volume and are subjected to neutral species of an electrical discharge while maintaining the volume glowless and substantially field free by interposing a barrier between the articles and the discharge, the barrier being transparent to neutral species and opaque to charged species emanating from the discharge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 1993
    Date of Patent: April 12, 1994
    Inventor: Adir Jacob
  • Process and apparatus for dry sterilization of medical devices and materials
    Patent number: 5200158
    Abstract: A process for dry sterilization of medical or dental devices and materials in which these materials are subjected to an electrical discharge in a gaseous atmosphere to produce an active low temperature plasma for surface steriliaztion and treatment of the devices and materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 1991
    Date of Patent: April 6, 1993
    Inventor: Adir Jacob
  • Process and apparatus for dry sterilization of medical devices and materials
    Patent number: 5171525
    Abstract: A process for dry sterilization of medical or dental devices and materials in which these materials are subjected to an electrical discharge in a gaseous atmosphere to produce an active low temperature plasma for surface sterilization and treatment of the devices and materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 1990
    Date of Patent: December 15, 1992
    Inventor: Adir Jacob
  • Process for dry sterilization of medical devices and materials
    Patent number: 5087418
    Abstract: A process for dry sterilization of medical or dental devices and materials in which these materials are subjected to an electrical discharge in a hydrogen peroxide to produce an active low temperature plasma for surface sterilization and treatment of the devices and materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 1990
    Date of Patent: February 11, 1992
    Inventor: Adir Jacob
  • Process for dry sterilization of medical devices and materials
    Patent number: 4976920
    Abstract: A process for dry sterilization of medical or dental devices and materials in which these materials are subjected to an electrical discharge in a gaseous atmosphere to produce an active low temperature plasma for surface sterilization and treatment of the devices and materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 1989
    Date of Patent: December 11, 1990
    Inventor: Adir Jacob
  • Apparatus for dry sterilization of medical devices and materials
    Patent number: 4943417
    Abstract: A process for dry sterilization of medical devices and materials in which these materials are subjected to an electrical discharge in a gaseous atmosphere to produce an active plasma for surface sterilization of the devices and materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 1988
    Date of Patent: July 24, 1990
    Inventor: Adir Jacob
  • Apparatus for dry sterilization of medical devices and materials
    Patent number: 4931261
    Abstract: A process for dry sterilization of medical devices and materials in which these materials are subjected to an electrical discharge in a gaseous atmosphere to produce an active plasma for surface sterilization of the devices and materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 1988
    Date of Patent: June 5, 1990
    Inventor: Adir Jacob
  • Process for dry sterilization of medical devices and materials
    Patent number: 4917586
    Abstract: A process for dry sterilization of medical devices and materials in which these materials are subjected to an electrical discharge in a gaseous atmosphere to produce an active plasma for surface sterilization of the devices and materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 1988
    Date of Patent: April 17, 1990
    Inventor: Adir Jacob
  • Process and apparatus for dry sterilization of medical devices and materials
    Patent number: 4909995
    Abstract: A process for dry sterilization of medical devices and materials in which these materials are subjected to an electrical discharge in a gaseous atmosphere to produce an active plasma for surface sterilization of the devices and materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 1988
    Date of Patent: March 20, 1990
    Inventor: Adir Jacob
  • Process and apparatus for dry sterilization of medical devices and materials
    Patent number: 4898715
    Abstract: A process for dry sterilization of medical devices and materials in which these materials are subjected to an electrical discharge in a gaseous atmosphere to produce an active plasma for surface sterilization of the devices and materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 1988
    Date of Patent: February 6, 1990
    Inventor: Adir Jacob
  • Process and apparatus for dry sterilization of medical devices and materials
    Patent number: 4818488
    Abstract: A process for dry sterilization of medical devices and materials in which these materials are subjected to an electrical discharge in a gaseous atmosphere to produce an active plasma to produce an electrically active neutral species for surface sterilization of the devices and materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 1987
    Date of Patent: April 4, 1989
    Inventor: Adir Jacob
  • Process and apparatus for dry sterilization of medical devices and materials
    Patent number: 4801427
    Abstract: A process for dry sterilization of medical devices and materials in which these materials are subjected to an electrical discharge in a gaseous atmosphere to produce an active plasma to produce electrically active neutral species for surface sterilization of the devices and materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 1987
    Date of Patent: January 31, 1989
    Assignee: Adir Jacob
    Inventor: Adir Jacob
  • Plasma reactive ion etching of aluminum and aluminum alloys
    Patent number: 4505782
    Abstract: A process for a selective plasma-based reactive ion etching of aluminum and aluminum alloys with silicon and copper, employing gas mixtures having BCl.sub.3 as a major constituent and Cl.sub.2, SiF.sub.4, and O.sub.2 as the minor constituents. The major constituent should constitute 40% to 65% by volume of the mixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 1983
    Date of Patent: March 19, 1985
    Assignee: LFE Corporation
    Inventors: Adir Jacob, Daniel H. Choe
  • Process and material for manufacturing semiconductor devices
    Patent number: RE32928
    Abstract: A process step and material for use in the manufacture of semiconductor devices. To facilitate the removal of organic photoresist material from a substrate, the material is exposed to a low pressure rf generated "cold" plasma (under 32.degree. C.) produced from a homogeneous gaseous binary mixture of oxygen and a halocarbon, where the halocarbon is preferably a gas having one carbon atom per molecule and fully fluorine-substituted, and wherein the mixture contains at least 25% of oxygen by volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 1978
    Date of Patent: May 23, 1989
    Assignee: LFE Corporation
    Inventor: Adir Jacob