Patents by Inventor Robin J. MacKinnon

Robin J. MacKinnon 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).

  • Process for making molded glass and ceramic articles
    Patent number: 6193926
    Abstract: A method for making molded glass and ceramic articles including dispersing fine base articles in water, adding coarse base particles to form a bimodal dispersion of base particles, adding aqueous fluorine, agitating the dispersion of base particles and fluorine, and molding the dispersion of base particles and fluorine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2001
    Assignee: Heraeus Amersil, Inc.
    Inventor: Robin J. MacKinnon
  • Coated optical fibers and method
    Patent number: 5259060
    Abstract: A color-coded hermetically coated optical waveguide, consisting of glass optical fiber incorporating a light-absorbing hermetic coating but exhibiting improved color stability and differentiability, is produced by interposing a pigmented white opaque polymer coating exteriorly of the hermetic coating and interiorly of the color coding ink, the pigmented coating operating both to mask the hermetic coating and to accentuate the brightness of the ink color.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1993
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: John P. Edward, Robin J. MacKinnon