Patents by Inventor Alan F. Lyon

Alan F. Lyon 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 manufacturing an auto-collimating scintillator and product produced thereby
    Patent number: 5427817
    Abstract: There is described a process for the vapor deposition of a scintillator phosphor composition with concomitant shadowing wherein the substrate to be processed is rotated through an arc relative to a vapor source of the scintillator phosphor composition whereby shadowing introduces voided gaps or interstices between columns as a result of the preferential components receiving more coating flux, particularly in the presence of oblique flux.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 1993
    Date of Patent: June 27, 1995
    Assignee: University of California
    Inventors: Claude A. Goodman, Alan F. Lyon, Victor Perez-Mendez