Patents by Inventor Bradford Giles Ackerman

Bradford Giles Ackerman 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).

  • Method for producing titania-doped fused silica glass
    Patent number: 8047023
    Abstract: A method for producing a fused silica glass containing titania includes synthesizing particles of silica and titania by delivering a mixture of a silica precursor and a titania precursor to a burner, growing a porous preform by successively depositing the particles on a deposition surface while rotating and translating the deposition surface relative to the burner, and consolidating the porous preform into a dense glass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Bradford Giles Ackerman, Kenneth Edward Hrdina, Lisa Anne Moore, Nikki Jo Russo, C. Charles Yu