Patents by Inventor Robert G. Rickert, Jr.

Robert G. Rickert, Jr. 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 of depositing a metal from an electroless plating solution
    Patent number: 4652345
    Abstract: A metal is deposited onto a substrate from an electroless plating solution by providing a first body which comprises the substrate in a plating solution, providing a second body in the plating solution wherein the second body includes a metal which has an electrolytic potential in the plating solution which is different from that of the metal to be plated, and electrically connecting the first body with the second body with an electrically conductive circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 1983
    Date of Patent: March 24, 1987
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Donald G. McBride, Robert G. Rickert, Jr.