Patents by Inventor Joe Sommers

Joe Sommers 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).

  • Publication number: 20230340729
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure include a rigid paperboard product comprising at least one modified starch and at least one crosslinker, wherein the at least one modified starch is present in an amount ranging from 2% to 20% by weight of the paperboard product, wherein the at least one crosslinker is present in an amount ranging from 0.5% to 8% by weight based on the dry weight of the starch content in the paperboard product, and wherein the paperboard product has a rigidity value ranging from 375 to 500.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2023
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventors: Mark Hunter, Jason Laatsch, Joe Sommers, Chad Robenhorst, Kyle Miller, Randy DeCoster, Chad Hildebrandt, Breanna Van Nuland, Cory Christopherson, Sarah Millies
  • Publication number: 20050116392
    Abstract: A magnet encapsulated within a canister formed from two cans into a laminated structure particularly useful in plasma processing reactors. Each can includes an end wall and a cylindrical sidewall. One can additionally includes an annular lip that slidably fits outside the sidewall of the other can with a small gap therebetween. The magnet is inserted into the two cans togther with a flowable and curable adhesive such as epoxy. The cans are slid together and compressed to cause the adhesive to flow between the magnet and the two cans and between the lip of one can and the sidewall of the other. The adhesive is cured to bond the magnet to the cans and to bond the cans together and to also hermetically seal the structure. The cans may be deep drawn from non-magnetic stainless steel with wall thicknesses of less than 0.064 mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2003
    Publication date: June 2, 2005
    Inventors: Anthony Vesci, Alan Liu, Donny Young, Joe Sommers, Kevin Hughes
  • Patent number: 6592707
    Abstract: A corrosion-resistant protective coating for an apparatus and method of processing a substrate in a chamber containing a plasma of a processing gas. The protective coating or sealant is used to line or coat inside surfaces of a reactor chamber that are exposed to corrosive processing gas that forms the plasma. The protective coating comprises at least one polymer resulting from a monomeric anaerobic chemical mixture having been cured in a vacuum in the absence of oxygen. The protective coating includes a major proportion of at least one methacrylate compound and a minor proportion of an activator compound which initiates the curing process of the monomeric anaerobic mixture in the absence of oxygen or air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2003
    Assignee: Applied Materials Inc.
    Inventors: Hong Shih, Nianci Han, Jie Yuan, Joe Sommers, Diana Ma, Paul Vollmer, Michael C. Willson
  • Patent number: 6466881
    Abstract: A method for determining the quality of a protective coating or layer on a structure inside of a reactor chamber. The method includes generating a basis, such as a standard scatter band of impedance, as an acceptable standard for the quality of a protective layer on the inside of a reactor chamber. At least one substrate is processed within a reactor chamber containing a protective coating for protecting the inside of the reactor chamber during processing of the substrate. The method further includes determining the quality of the protective coating, such as by measuring protective characteristics of the protective coating. A method for on-line monitoring of a quality of a coating on the inside of a reactor chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2002
    Assignee: Applied Materials Inc.
    Inventors: Hong Shih, Joe Sommers, Diana Ma
  • Publication number: 20020066532
    Abstract: A corrosion-resistant protective coating for an apparatus and method of processing a substrate in a chamber containing a plasma of a processing gas. The protective coating or sealant is used to line or coat inside surfaces of a reactor chamber that are exposed to corrosive processing gas that forms the plasma. The protective coating comprises at least one polymer resulting from a monomeric anaerobic chemical mixture having been cured in a vacuum in the absence of oxygen. The protective coating includes a major proportion of at least one methacrylate compound and a minor proportion of an activator compound which initiates the curing process of the monomeric anaerobic mixture in the absence of oxygen or air.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2001
    Publication date: June 6, 2002
    Inventors: Hong Shih, Nianci Han, Jie Yuan, Joe Sommers, Diana Ma, Paul Vollmer, Michael C. Willson