Patents by Inventor Janda K. Panitz

Janda K. Panitz 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).

  • Electrophoretically active sol-gel processes to backfill, seal, and/or densify porous, flawed, and/or cracked coatings on electrically conductive material
    Patent number: 5925228
    Abstract: Electrophoretically active sol-gel processes to fill, seal, and/or density porous, flawed, and/or cracked coatings on electrically conductive substrates. Such coatings may be dielectrics, ceramics, or semiconductors and, by the present invention, may have deposited onto and into them sol-gel ceramic precursor compounds which are subsequently converted to sol-gel ceramics to yield composite materials with various tailored properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 20, 1999
    Assignee: Sandia Corporation
    Inventors: Janda K. Panitz, Scott T. Reed, Carol S. Ashley, Richard A. Neiser, William C. Moffatt