Patents by Inventor Clinton D. Osterhout

Clinton D. Osterhout 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 and apparatus for making soot
    Publication number: 20040206127
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of making a soot particle and apparatus for making such soot particle. Preferably the method of making the soot particle is substantially free of the step of combusting a fuel and substantially free of the step of forming a plasma. Preferably, the apparatus is devoid of a heating element associated with both combustion and formation of a plasma. A preferred technique for at least one heating step for forming the doped soot particle is induction heating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2004
    Publication date: October 21, 2004
    Inventors: Calvin T. Coffey, Mark E. L'Antigua, Clinton D. Osterhout, Amy L. Rovelstad, Kashyap H. Shah