Patents Represented by Attorney Malcolm L. Sutherland
  • Patent number: 5716721
    Abstract: An article is coated with a multi-layer coating comprising at least one nickel layer deposited on the surface of the article, a palladium/nickel alloy layer deposited on the nickel layer, a refractory metal, preferably zirconium, strike layer deposited on the palladium/nickel alloy layer, and a refractory metal compound, preferably zirconium nitride layer, deposited on the refractory metal strike layer. The coating provides the color of polished brass to the article and also provides abrasion and corrosion protection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 10, 1998
    Assignee: Baldwin Hardware Corporation
    Inventors: Stephen R. Moysan, III, Rolin W. Sugg
  • Patent number: D388272
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 30, 1997
    Assignee: Melard Manufacturing Corporation
    Inventor: Glenn David Moore
  • Patent number: D388642
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 6, 1998
    Assignee: Zenith Products Corp.
    Inventor: Paul H. Winter
  • Patent number: D388862
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 6, 1998
    Assignee: Masco Corporation of Indiana
    Inventors: Loran R. Hill, Anthony G. Spangler
  • Patent number: D389326
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 20, 1998
    Assignee: Melard Manufacturing Corp.
    Inventor: Glenn David Moore
  • Patent number: D389351
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 20, 1998
    Assignee: Zenith Products Corp.
    Inventor: Paul H. Winter
  • Patent number: D389352
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 20, 1998
    Assignee: Zenith Products Corp.
    Inventor: Marlene Pagan-Demirtas
  • Patent number: D389558
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 20, 1998
    Assignee: Brass-Craft Manufacturing Company
    Inventor: Leonard C. Andrus
  • Patent number: D389668
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 27, 1998
    Assignee: Zenith Products Corporation
    Inventors: John Robert Newkirk, Paul Henry Winter
  • Patent number: D389678
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 27, 1998
    Assignee: Henredon Furniture Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: H. Thomas Keller
  • Patent number: D390503
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 10, 1998
    Assignee: Fulton Performance Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Craig P. Gleason, Richard L. Schocker
  • Patent number: D390709
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 17, 1998
    Assignee: Melard Manufacturing Corporation
    Inventor: Glenn David Moore
  • Patent number: D391337
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 24, 1998
    Assignee: Masco Corporation of Indiana
    Inventors: Loran R. Hill, Anthony G. Spangler
  • Patent number: D391800
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 10, 1998
    Assignee: Thermador Corporation
    Inventor: Richard M. Holbrook, Jr.
  • Patent number: D391823
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 10, 1998
    Assignee: Liberty Hardware Mfg. Co.
    Inventor: David Zeiss
  • Patent number: D392121
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 17, 1998
    Assignee: Zenith Products Corporation
    Inventors: John Robert Newkirk, Paul Henry Winter
  • Patent number: D392135
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 17, 1998
    Assignee: Zenith Products Corp.
    Inventors: Marlene Pagan-Demirtas, Timothy O'Hara
  • Patent number: D392484
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 24, 1998
    Assignee: Zenith Products Corp.
    Inventor: Zvi Yemini
  • Patent number: D393046
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 31, 1998
    Assignee: Brass-Craft Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Leonard C. Andrus, Ronald D. Green, Bruce Higgins
  • Patent number: D393047
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 31, 1998
    Assignee: Brass-Craft Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Leonard C. Andrus, Ronald D. Green, Bruce Higgins