Patents by Inventor Al Anderson

Al Anderson 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 forming decorative films and resulting products
    Publication number: 20040256214
    Abstract: Chrome, nickel, titanium or zirconium films; or combinations of those four metals, or a nitride, carbide or nitroxide of one of those four metals are deposited directly on unplated zinc or unplated zinc alloy substrates by physical vapor deposition in vacuum reactors. The nitroxides films have essentially the same colors as the nitrides but can have high electrical resistivities, transparency and other nonmetallic properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2004
    Publication date: December 23, 2004
    Applicant: Ingersoll-Rand Company
    Inventors: Gerald F. Hein, Manuel Mejia Caballero, Al Anderson
  • Process for forming decorative films and resulting products
    Publication number: 20020110700
    Abstract: Chrome, nickel, titanium or zirconium films; or combinations of those four metals, or a nitride, carbide or nitroxide of one of those four metals are deposited directly on unplated zinc or unplated zinc alloy substrates by physical vapor deposition in vacuum reactors. The nitroxides films have essentially the same colors as the nitrides but can have high electrical resistivities, transparency and other nonmetallic properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2001
    Publication date: August 15, 2002
    Inventors: Gerald F. Hein, Manuel Mejia Caballero, Al Anderson