Patents by Inventor Ryan C. Smith

Ryan C. Smith 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 making a low-resistivity, doped zinc oxide coated glass article and the coated glass article made thereby
    Publication number: 20080057321
    Abstract: What is described and claimed is an atmospheric chemical vapor deposition method of making a low-resistivity, doped zinc oxide coated glass article, made by directing one or more streams of gaseous reactants, specifically a zinc containing compound, a fluorine containing compound, an oxygen containing compound, and at least one compound containing one or more of boron, aluminum, gallium and indium onto a surface of a heated glass substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2007
    Publication date: March 6, 2008
    Inventors: Ryan C. Smith, Michael B. Abrams, Roman Y. Korotkov, Gary S. Silverman, Jeffery L. Stricker, Kevin David Sanderson, Liang Ye, Guillermo Benito Gutierrez
  • Process for forming hafnium oxide films
    Patent number: 6683011
    Abstract: A process for forming a hafnium oxide-containing film on a substrate such as silicon that includes introducing an anhydrous hafnium nitrate-containing precursor into a reactor containing the substrate, and converting the precursor into the hafnium oxide-containing film on the substrate by chemical vapor deposition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2004
    Assignee: Regents of the University of Minnesota
    Inventors: Ryan C. Smith, Tiezhong Ma, Stephen A. Campbell, Wayne L. Gladfelter
  • Process for forming hafnium oxide films
    Publication number: 20030092287
    Abstract: A process for forming a hafnium oxide-containing film on a substrate such as silicon that includes introducing an anhydrous hafnium nitrate-containing precursor into a reactor containing the substrate, and converting the precursor into the hafnium oxide-containing film on the substrate by chemical vapor deposition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2001
    Publication date: May 15, 2003
    Inventors: Ryan C. Smith, Tiezhong Ma, Stephen A. Campbell, Wayne L. Gladfelter
  • Compositions and methods for diagnosing or treating psoriasis
    Publication number: 20020169127
    Abstract: The present invention provides nucleic acid molecules, polypeptides, antibodies and methods for the diagnosis and/or treatment of psoriasis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2002
    Publication date: November 14, 2002
    Inventors: Patrick R. Charmley, Ryan C. Smith, Rhodora H. Argonza-Barrett, Matthew P. Fitzgibbon, Kai Wang
  • Highly ordered nanocomposites via a monomer self-assembly in situ condensation approach
    Patent number: 5849215
    Abstract: A method for synthesizing composites with architectural control on the nanometer scale is described. A polymerizable lyotropic liquid-crystalline monomer is used to form an inverse hexagonal phase in the presence of a second polymer precursor solution. The monomer system acts as an organic template, providing the underlying matrix and order of the composite system. Polymerization of the template in the presence of an optional cross-linking agent with retention of the liquid-crystalline order is carried out followed by a second polymerization of the second polymer precursor within the channels of the polymer template to provide an ordered nanocomposite material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 15, 1998
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Douglas L. Gin, Walter M. Fischer, David H. Gray, Ryan C. Smith