Patents by Inventor Peter M. Martin
Peter M. Martin 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).
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Patent number: 7198832Abstract: An edge-sealed, encapsulated environmentally sensitive device. The device includes at least one initial barrier stack, an environmentally sensitive device, and at least one additional barrier stack. The barrier stacks include at least one decoupling layer and at least one barrier layer. The environmentally sensitive device is sealed between the at least one initial barrier stack and the at least one additional barrier stack. A method of making the edge-sealed, encapsulated environmentally sensitive device is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2005Date of Patent: April 3, 2007Assignee: Vitex Systems, Inc.Inventors: Paul E. Burrows, Eric S. Mast, Peter M. Martin, Gordon L. Graff, Mark E. Gross
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Patent number: 6962671Abstract: A multilayer plastic substrate. The substrate comprises a plurality of thin film layers of at least one polymer, the plurality of thin film layers being adjacent to one another and having sufficient strength to be self-supporting, wherein the multilayer plastic substrate has an average visible light transmittance of greater than about 80%.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2003Date of Patent: November 8, 2005Assignee: Battelle Memorial InstituteInventors: Peter M. Martin, Gordon L. Graff, Mark E. Gross, Michael G. Hall, Eric S. Mast
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Patent number: 6909230Abstract: A method of making a composite polymer of a molecularly doped polymer. The method includes mixing a liquid polymer precursor with molecular dopant forming a molecularly doped polymer precursor mixture. The molecularly doped polymer precursor mixture is flash evaporated forming a composite vapor. The composite vapor is cryocondensed on a cool substrate forming a composite molecularly doped polymer precursor layer, and the cryocondensed composite molecularly doped polymer precursor layer is cross linked thereby forming a layer of the composite polymer layer of the molecularly doped polymer.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2003Date of Patent: June 21, 2005Assignee: Battelle Memorial InstituteInventors: John D. Affinito, Peter M. Martin, Gordon L. Graff, Paul E. Burrows, Mark E. Gross, Linda S. Sapochak
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Patent number: 6866901Abstract: An edge-sealed barrier film composite. The composite includes a substrate and at least one initial barrier stack adjacent to the substrate. The at least one initial barrier stack includes at least one decoupling layer and at least one barrier layer. One of the barrier layers has an area greater than the area of one of the decoupling layers. The decoupling layer is sealed by the first barrier layer within the area of barrier material. An edge-sealed, encapsulated environmentally sensitive device is provided. A method of making the edge-sealed barrier film composite is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2001Date of Patent: March 15, 2005Assignee: Vitex Systems, Inc.Inventors: Paul E. Burrows, J. Chris Pagano, Eric S. Mast, Peter M. Martin, Gordon L. Graff, Mark E. Gross
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Patent number: 6858259Abstract: A method for making a polymer layer with a selected index of refraction. The method includes flash evaporating a polymer precursor material capable of cross linking into a polymer with the selected index of refraction, forming an evaporate, passing the evaporate to a glow discharge electrode creating a glow discharge polymer precursor plasma from the evaporate, and cryocondensing the glow discharge polymer precursor plasma on a substrate as a condensate and crosslinking the condensate thereon, the crosslinking resulting from radicals created in the glow discharge polymer precursor plasma, forming a polymer having the selected index of refraction.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2001Date of Patent: February 22, 2005Assignee: Battelle Memorial InstituteInventors: John D. Affinito, Gordon L. Graff, Peter M. Martin, Mark E. Gross, Paul E. Burrows, Linda S. Sapochak
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Publication number: 20040265508Abstract: An edge-sealed barrier film composite. The composite includes a substrate and at least one initial barrier stack adjacent to the substrate. The at least one initial barrier stack includes at least one decoupling layer and at least one barrier layer. One of the barrier layers has an area greater than the area of one of the decoupling layers. The decoupling layer is sealed by the first barrier layer within the area of barrier material. An edge-sealed, encapsulated environmentally sensitive device is provided. A method of making the edge-sealed barrier film composite is also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2001Publication date: December 30, 2004Inventors: Paul E. Burrows, J. Chris Pagano, Eric S. Mast, Peter M. Martin, Gordon L. Graff, Mark E. Gross
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Patent number: 6811829Abstract: A method for conformally coating a microtextured surface. The method includes flash evaporating a polymer precursor forming an evaporate, passing the evaporate to a glow discharge electrode creating a glow discharge polymer precursor plasma from the evaporate, cryocondensing the glow discharge polymer precursor plasma on the microtextured surface and crosslinking the glow discharge polymer precursor plasma thereon, wherein the crosslinking resulting from radicals created in the glow discharge polymer precursor plasma.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2001Date of Patent: November 2, 2004Assignee: Battelle Memorial InstituteInventors: John D. Affinito, Gordon L. Graff, Peter M. Martin, Mark E. Gross, Paul E. Burrows, Linda S. Sapochak
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Publication number: 20040009306Abstract: A method for making a polymer layer with a selected index of refraction. The method includes flash evaporating a polymer precursor material capable of cross linking into a polymer with the selected index of refraction, forming an evaporate, passing the evaporate to a glow discharge electrode creating a glow discharge polymer precursor plasma from the evaporate, and cryocondensing the glow discharge polymer precursor plasma on a substrate as a condensate and crosslinking the condensate thereon, the crosslinking resulting from radicals created in the glow discharge polymer precursor plasma, forming a polymer having the selected index of refraction.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2001Publication date: January 15, 2004Inventors: John D. Affinito, Gordon L. Graff, Peter M. Martin, Mark E. Gross, Paul E. Burrows, Linda S. Sapochak
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Publication number: 20030235648Abstract: A method of making a composite polymer of a molecularly doped polymer. The method includes mixing a liquid polymer precursor with molecular dopant forming a molecularly doped polymer precursor mixture. The molecularly doped polymer precursor mixture is flash evaporated forming a composite vapor. The composite vapor is cryocondensed on a cool substrate forming a composite molecularly doped polymer precursor layer, and the cryocondensed composite molecularly doped polymer precursor layer is cross linked thereby forming a layer of the composite polymer layer of the molecularly doped polymer.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2003Publication date: December 25, 2003Inventors: John D. Affinito, Peter M. Martin, Gordon L. Graff, Paul E. Burrows, Mark E. Gross, Linda S. Sapochak
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Patent number: 6656537Abstract: A method for plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition of low vapor monomeric materials. The method includes flash evaporating a polymer precursor forming an evaporate, passing the evaporate to a glow discharge electrode creating a glow discharge polymer precursor plasma from the evaporate, and cryocondensing the glow discharge polymer precursor on a substrate as a cryocondensed polymer precursor layer, and crosslinking the cryocondensed polymer precursor layer thereon, the crosslinking resulting from radicals created in the glow discharge polymer precursor plasma.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2001Date of Patent: December 2, 2003Assignee: Battelle Memorial InstituteInventors: John D. Affinito, Gordon L. Graff, Peter M. Martin, Mark E. Gross, Eric Mast, Michael G. Hall
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Publication number: 20030215575Abstract: A multilayer plastic substrate. The substrate comprises a plurality of thin film layers of at least one polymer, the plurality of thin film layers being adjacent to one another and having sufficient strength to be self-supporting, wherein the multilayer plastic substrate has an average visible light transmittance of greater than about 80%.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2003Publication date: November 20, 2003Inventors: Peter M. Martin, Gordon L. Graff, Mark E. Gross, Michael G. Hall, Eric S. Mast
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Patent number: 6623861Abstract: A multilayer plastic substrate. The substrate comprises a plurality of thin film layers of at least one polymer, the plurality of thin film layers being adjacent to one another and having sufficient strength to be self-supporting, wherein the multilayer plastic substrate has an average visible light transmittance of greater than about 80%.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2001Date of Patent: September 23, 2003Assignee: Battelle Memorial InstituteInventors: Peter M. Martin, Gordon L. Graff, Mark E. Gross, Michael G. Hall, Eric S. Mast
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Patent number: 6613395Abstract: A method of making a composite polymer of a molecularly doped polymer. The method includes mixing a liquid polymer precursor with molecular dopant forming a molecularly doped polymer precursor mixture. The molecularly doped polymer precursor mixture is flash evaporated forming a composite vapor. The composite vapor is cryocondensed on a cool substrate forming a composite molecularly doped polymer precursor layer, and the cryocondensed composite molecularly doped polymer precursor layer is cross linked thereby forming a layer of the composite polymer layer of the molecularly doped polymer.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2001Date of Patent: September 2, 2003Assignee: Battelle Memorial InstituteInventors: John D. Affinito, Peter M. Martin, Gordon L. Graff, Paul E. Burrows, Mark E. Gross, Linda S. Sapochak
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Patent number: 6570325Abstract: An encapsulated organic light emitting device. The device may include a substrate, an organic light emitting layer stack adjacent to the substrate, and at least one first barrier stack adjacent to the organic light emitting device, the at least one first barrier stack comprising at least one first barrier layer and at least one first decoupling layer wherein the at least one first barrier stack encapsulates the organic light emitting device. There may be a second barrier stack adjacent to the substrate and located between the substrate and the organic light emitting device. The second barrier stack has at least one second barrier layer and at least one second decoupling layer. A method of making the encapsulated organic light emitting device is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2001Date of Patent: May 27, 2003Assignee: Battelle Memorial InstituteInventors: Gordon L. Graff, Mark E. Gross, John D. Affinito, Ming-Kun Shi, Michael G. Hall, Eric S. Mast, Robert Walty, Nicole Rutherford, Paul E. Burrows, Peter M. Martin
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Publication number: 20030064171Abstract: An edge-sealed barrier film composite. The composite includes a substrate and at least one initial barrier stack adjacent to the substrate. The at least one initial barrier stack includes at least one decoupling layer and at least one barrier layer. One of the barrier layers has an area greater than the area of one of the decoupling layers. The decoupling layer is sealed by the first barrier layer within the area of barrier material. An edge-sealed, encapsulated environmentally sensitive device is provided. A method of making the edge-sealed barrier film composite is also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2001Publication date: April 3, 2003Inventors: Paul E. Burrows, J. Chris Pagano, Eric S. Mast, Peter M. Martin, Gordon L. Graff, Mark E. Gross
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Patent number: 6533840Abstract: The present invention is a microchannel mass exchanger having a first plurality of inner thin sheets and a second plurality of outer thin sheets. The inner thin sheets each have a solid margin around a circumference, the solid margin defining a slot through the inner thin sheet thickness. The outer thin sheets each have at least two header holes on opposite ends and when sandwiching an inner thin sheet. The outer thin sheets further have a mass exchange medium. The assembly forms a closed flow channel assembly wherein fluid enters through one of the header holes into the slot and exits through another of the header holes after contacting the mass exchange medium.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2001Date of Patent: March 18, 2003Assignee: Battelle Memorial InstituteInventors: Peter M. Martin, Wendy D. Bennett, Dean W. Matson, Donald C. Stewart, Monte K. Drost, Robert S. Wegeng, Joseph M. Perez, Xiangdong Feng, Jun Liu
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Patent number: 6497924Abstract: A method for making a non-linear optical polymer layer. The method includes flash evaporating a liquid polymer precursor mixture containing a plurality of non-linear optical molecules forming an evaporate, cryocondensing the evaporate on a substrate forming a cyrocondensed polymer precursor layer, and crosslinking the cryocondensed polymer precursor layer. The surface may be electrically biased for poling during crosslinking.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2001Date of Patent: December 24, 2002Assignee: Battelle Memorial InstituteInventors: John D. Affinito, Gordon L. Graff, Peter M. Martin, Mark E. Gross, Paul E. Burrows, Linda S. Sapochak
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Patent number: 6494614Abstract: A laminated microchannel device is described in which there is a unit operation process layer that has longitudinal channel. The longitudinal channel is cut completely through the layer in which the unit process operation resides. Both the device structure and method of making the device provide significant advantages in terms of simplicity and efficiency. A static mixing unit that can be incorporated in the laminated microchannel device is also described.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 1999Date of Patent: December 17, 2002Assignee: Battelle Memorial InstituteInventors: Wendy D. Bennett, Donald J. Hammerstrom, Peter M. Martin, Dean W. Matson
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Patent number: 6490812Abstract: The present invention is an active microchannel fluid processing unit and method of making, both relying on having (a) at least one inner thin sheet; (b) at least one outer thin sheet; (c) defining at least one first sub-assembly for performing at least one first unit operation by stacking a first of the at least one inner thin sheet in alternating contact with a first of the at least one outer thin sheet into a first stack and placing an end block on the at least one inner thin sheet, the at least one first sub-assembly having at least a first inlet and a first outlet; and (d) defining at least one second sub-assembly for performing at least one second unit operation either as a second flow path within the first stack or by stacking a second of the at least one inner thin sheet in alternating contact with second of the at least one outer thin sheet as a second stack, the at least one second sub-assembly having at least a second inlet and a second outlet.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2000Date of Patent: December 10, 2002Assignee: Battelle Memorial InstituteInventors: Wendy D. Bennett, Peter M. Martin, Dean W. Matson, Gary L. Roberts, Donald C. Stewart, Annalee Y. Tonkovich, Jennifer L. Zilka, Stephen C. Schmitt, Timothy M. Werner
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Publication number: 20020176993Abstract: A high temperature substrate having improved properties. The substrate is a polymer substrate having a glass transition temperature greater than about 120° C., and at least one first barrier stack adjacent to the polymer substrate. The barrier stack includes at least one first barrier layer and at least one first polymer layer. A method for making the high temperature substrate with improved properties is also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2000Publication date: November 28, 2002Inventors: GORDON L GRAFF, MARK E GROSS, MING K SHI, MICHAEL G HALL, PETER M MARTIN, ERIC S MAST