Patents by Inventor Maurice Shaw

Maurice Shaw 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).

  • Methods for preparing semiconductor substrates and interfacial oxides thereon
    Patent number: 7851365
    Abstract: The invention provides novel methods for preparing semiconductor substrates for the growth of an ultra-thin epitaxial interfacial phase thereon. The invention additionally provides the ultra-thin epitaxial interfacial phase formed on a semiconductor substrate prepared by the methods of the invention. Epitaxiality of the interfacial phase is ensured by maintaining the cleaned semiconductor substrate in a static and inert atmosphere prior to oxidation to form the interfacial phase. Such interfacial phase are useful as capping layers and dielectric layers for semiconductor devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Assignee: Arizona Board of Regents, a coporate body organized under Arizona Law, Acting on behalf of Arizona State Univesity
    Inventors: Nicole Herbots, James Bradley, Justin Maurice Shaw, Robert J. Culbertson, Vasudeva Atluri
  • Soft toy containing sounding device
    Patent number: 4237647
    Abstract: A soft toy having a greater degree of appeal than normal soft toys. The toy, which may for example be a teddy bear, panda, or other animal, has two electric contacts disposed at spaced-apart regions of the exterior of the toy, there being contained within the toy an electrically operated device for producing a noise, such as a musical tune, when the contacts are bridged by being touched by a child or other user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 1979
    Date of Patent: December 9, 1980
    Inventor: Maurice Shaw