Patents by Inventor Alan Thomas Stephens, II

Alan Thomas Stephens, II 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).

  • Patent number: 10899661
    Abstract: A glass article having a low level of grainy appearance that can appear to have a shift in the pattern of the grains with changing viewing angle of a display, or “sparkle.” The glass article—which, in some embodiments, is a transparent glass sheet—has small-angle-scattering properties and/or distinctness-of-reflected-image (DOI), leading to improved viewability in display applications, especially under high ambient lighting conditions. In some embodiments, the antiglare surface of the glass sheet is an etched surface, with no foreign coating present on the antiglare surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Jacques Gollier, Shandon Dee Hart, Kelvin Nguyen, Alan Thomas Stephens, II, James Andrew West, Lu Zhang
  • Patent number: 10538452
    Abstract: Surface modification layers and associated heat treatments, that may be provided on a sheet, a carrier, or both, to control both room-temperature van der Waals (and/or hydrogen) bonding and high temperature covalent bonding between the thin sheet and carrier. The room-temperature bonding is controlled so as to be sufficient to hold the thin sheet and carrier together during vacuum processing, wet processing, and/or ultrasonic cleaning processing, for example. And at the same time, the high temperature covalent bonding is controlled so as to prevent a permanent bond between the thin sheet and carrier during high temperature processing, as well as maintain a sufficient bond to prevent delamination during high temperature processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Robert Alan Bellman, Dana Craig Bookbinder, Theresa Chang, Jeffrey John Domey, Robert George Manley, Prantik Mazumder, Alan Thomas Stephens, II
  • Publication number: 20190248703
    Abstract: A glass article having a low level of grainy appearance that can appear to have a shift in the pattern of the grains with changing viewing angle of a display, or “sparkle.” The glass article—which, in some embodiments, is a transparent glass sheet—has small-angle-scattering properties and/or distinctness-of-reflected-image (DOI), leading to improved viewability in display applications, especially under high ambient lighting conditions. In some embodiments, the antiglare surface of the glass sheet is an etched surface, with no foreign coating present on the antiglare surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Inventors: Jacques Gollier, Shandon Dee Hart, Kelvin Nguyen, Alan Thomas Stephens, II, James Andrew West, Lu Zhang
  • Patent number: 10346962
    Abstract: A method of examining a cellular structure includes the steps of providing an inspecting device, a neural network and a target cellular structure that includes a plurality of target cells extending therethrough and further includes a target face exposing an arrangement of the target cells; inspecting the arrangement of cells on the face of the target cellular structure using the inspecting device; representing the arrangement of cells with numerically defined target cell parameters; inputting the target cell parameters into the neural network; and generating an output from the neural network based on the target cell parameters, the output being indicative of a strength of the target cellular structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Alan Thomas Stephens, II, Leon Robert Zoeller, III
  • Patent number: 10183889
    Abstract: A glass article having a low level of grainy appearance that can appear to have a shift in the pattern of the grains with changing viewing angle of a display, or “sparkle.” The glass article—which, in some embodiments, is a transparent glass sheet—has small-angle-scattering properties and/or distinctness-of-reflected-image (DOI), leading to improved viewability in display applications, especially under high ambient lighting conditions. In some embodiments, the antiglare surface of the glass sheet is an etched surface, with no foreign coating present on the antiglare surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Jacques Gollier, Shandon Dee Hart, Kelvin Nguyen, Alan Thomas Stephens, II, James Andrew West, Lu Zhang
  • Patent number: 10086584
    Abstract: Surface modification layers and associated heat treatments, that may be provided on a sheet, a carrier, or both, to control both room-temperature van der Waals (and/or hydrogen) bonding and high temperature covalent bonding between the thin sheet and carrier. The room-temperature bonding is controlled so as to be sufficient to hold the thin sheet and carrier together during vacuum processing, wet processing, and/or ultrasonic cleaning processing, for example. And at the same time, the high temperature covalent bonding is controlled so as to prevent a permanent bond between the thin sheet and carrier during high temperature processing, as well as maintain a sufficient bond to prevent delamination during high temperature processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Robert Alan Bellman, Dana Craig Bookbinder, Robert George Manley, Prantik Mazumder, Theresa Chang, Jeffrey John Domey, Darwin Gene Enicks, Vasudha Ravichandran, Alan Thomas Stephens, II, John Christopher Thomas
  • Patent number: 10014177
    Abstract: Methods for making electronic devices on thin sheets bonded to carriers. A surface modification layer and associated heat treatments, may be provided on a sheet, a carrier, or both, to control both room-temperature van der Waals (and/or hydrogen) bonding and high temperature covalent bonding between the thin sheet and carrier during the electronic device processing. The room-temperature bonding is controlled so as to be sufficient to hold the thin sheet and carrier together during vacuum processing, wet processing, and/or ultrasonic cleaning processing, during the electronic device processing. And at the same time, the high temperature covalent bonding is controlled so as to prevent a permanent bond between the thin sheet and carrier during high temperature processing, during the electronic device processing, as well as maintain a sufficient bond to prevent delamination during high temperature processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Robert Alan Bellman, Dana Craig Bookbinder, Robert George Manley, Prantik Mazumder, Theresa Chang, Jeffrey John Domey, Darwin Gene Enicks, Vasudha Ravichandran, Alan Thomas Stephens, II, John Christopher Thomas
  • Publication number: 20170327418
    Abstract: A glass article having a low level of grainy appearance that can appear to have a shift in the pattern of the grains with changing viewing angle of a display, or “sparkle.” The glass article—which, in some embodiments, is a transparent glass sheet—has small-angle-scattering properties and/or distinctness-of-reflected-image (DOI), leading to improved viewability in display applications, especially under high ambient lighting conditions. In some embodiments, the antiglare surface of the glass sheet is an etched surface, with no foreign coating present on the antiglare surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2017
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Inventors: Jacques Gollier, Shandon Dee Hart, Kelvin Nguyen, Alan Thomas Stephens, II, James Andrew West, Lu Zhang
  • Patent number: 9701579
    Abstract: A glass article having a low level of grainy appearance that can appear to have a shift in the pattern of the grains with changing viewing angle of a display, or “sparkle.” The glass article—which, in some embodiments, is a transparent glass sheet—has small-angle-scattering properties and/or distinctness-of-reflected-image (DOI), leading to improved viewability in display applications, especially under high ambient lighting conditions. In some embodiments, the antiglare surface of the glass sheet is an etched surface, with no foreign coating present on the antiglare surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Jacques Gollier, Shandon Dee Hart, Kelvin Nguyen, Alan Thomas Stephens, II, James Andrew West, Lu Zhang
  • Patent number: 9651720
    Abstract: A glass article including: at least one anti-glare surface having haze, distinctness-of-image, surface roughness, and uniformity properties, as defined herein. A method of making the glass article includes, for example: depositing deformable particles on at least a portion of a glass surface of the article; causing the deposited deformable particles on the surface to deform and adhere to the surface; and contacting the surface having the adhered particles with an etchant to form the anti-glare surface. A display system that incorporates the glass article, as defined herein, is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Charles Warren Lander, Timothy Edward Myers, Kelvin Nguyen, Alan Thomas Stephens, II
  • Patent number: 9573842
    Abstract: A transparent glass substrate having an antiglare surface that minimizes sparkle. The antiglare surface has a roughened portion that surface that has a RMS amplitude of at least amplitude of at least about 80 nm. The antiglare surface may also include a portion that is unroughened, or flat. The fraction of the antiglare surface that is roughened is at least about 0.9, and the fraction of the surface that is unroughened is less than about 0.10. The antiglare surface has a pixel power deviation of less than about 7%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Jacques Gollier, Shandon Dee Hart, Alan Thomas Stephens, II, James Andrew West
  • Publication number: 20160355689
    Abstract: A glass article including: at least one anti-glare surface having haze, distinctness-of-image, surface roughness, uniformity properties and sparkle properties, as defined herein. A method of making the glass article includes, for example, slot coating a suspension of particles on at least one surface of the article to provide a particulated mask covering from about 40 to 92% of the coated surface area; contacting the at least one surface of the article having the particulated mask and an etchant to form the anti-glare surface, and optionally continuously polishing the suspension of particles just prior to slot coating. A display system that incorporates the glass article, as defined herein, is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2016
    Publication date: December 8, 2016
    Inventors: Charles Warren Lander, Kelvin Nguyen, Alan Thomas Stephens, II
  • Publication number: 20160221860
    Abstract: Surface modification layers and associated heat treatments, that may be provided on a sheet, a carrier, or both, to control both room-temperature van der Waals (and/or hydrogen) bonding and high temperature covalent bonding between the thin sheet and carrier. The room-temperature bonding is controlled so as to be sufficient to hold the thin sheet and carrier together during vacuum processing, wet processing, and/or ultrasonic cleaning processing, for example. And at the same time, the high temperature covalent bonding is controlled so as to prevent a permanent bond between the thin sheet and carrier during high temperature processing, as well as maintain a sufficient bond to prevent delamination during high temperature processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2016
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Inventors: Robert Alan Bellman, Dana Craig Bookbinder, Theresa Chang, Jeffrey John Domey, Robert George Manley, Prantik Mazumder, Alan Thomas Stephens, II
  • Patent number: 9340443
    Abstract: Surface modification layers and associated heat treatments, that may be provided on a sheet, a carrier, or both, to control both room-temperature van der Waals (and/or hydrogen) bonding and high temperature covalent bonding between the thin sheet and carrier. The room-temperature bonding is controlled so as to be sufficient to hold the thin sheet and carrier together during vacuum processing, wet processing, and/or ultrasonic cleaning processing, for example. And at the same time, the high temperature covalent bonding is controlled so as to prevent a permanent bond between the thin sheet and carrier during high temperature processing, as well as maintain a sufficient bond to prevent delamination during high temperature processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Robert Alan Bellman, Dana Craig Bookbinder, Robert George Manley, Prantik Mazumder, Theresa Chang, Jeffrey John Domey, Alan Thomas Stephens, II
  • Publication number: 20150198752
    Abstract: A glass article including: at least one anti-glare surface having haze, distinctness-of-image, surface roughness, and uniformity properties, as defined herein. A method of making the glass article includes, for example: depositing deformable particles on at least a portion of a glass surface of the article; causing the deposited deformable particles on the surface to deform and adhere to the surface; and contacting the surface having the adhered particles with an etchant to form the anti-glare surface. A display system that incorporates the glass article, as defined herein, is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2015
    Publication date: July 16, 2015
    Inventors: Charles Warren Lander, Timothy Edward Myers, Kelvin Nguyen, Alan Thomas Stephens, II
  • Patent number: 9017566
    Abstract: A glass article including: at least one anti-glare surface having haze, distinctness-of-image, surface roughness, and uniformity properties, as defined herein. A method of making the glass article includes, for example: depositing deformable particles on at least a portion of a glass surface of the article; causing the deposited deformable particles on the surface to deform and adhere to the surface; and contacting the surface having the adhered particles with an etchant to form the anti-glare surface. A display system that incorporates the glass article, as defined herein, is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Charles Warren Lander, Timothy Edward Myers, Kelvin Nguyen, Alan Thomas Stephens, II
  • Patent number: 8951434
    Abstract: A glass etching medium and a method for etching the surface of a glass sheet to modify surface flaw characteristics without degrading the optical quality of the sheet surface, wherein the etching medium is a thickened aqueous acidic fluoride-containing paste comprising at least one dissolved, water-soluble, high-molecular-weight poly (ethylene oxide) polymer thickener.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Timothy Edward Myers, Shyamala Shanmugam, Alan Thomas Stephens, II, Matthew John Towner, Kevin William Uhlig, Lu Zhang
  • Publication number: 20130299452
    Abstract: A glass etching medium and a method for etching the surface of a glass sheet to modify surface flaw characteristics without degrading the optical quality of the sheet surface, wherein the etching medium is a thickened aqueous acidic fluoride-containing paste comprising at least one dissolved, water-soluble, high-molecular-weight poly (ethylene oxide) polymer thickener.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2013
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Applicant: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Timothy Edward Myers, Shyamala Shanmugam, Alan Thomas Stephens, II, Matthew John Towner, Kevin William Uhlig, Lu Zhang
  • Publication number: 20130212051
    Abstract: A method of examining a cellular structure includes the steps of providing an inspecting device, a neural network and a target cellular structure that includes a plurality of target cells extending therethrough and further includes a target face exposing an arrangement of the target cells; inspecting the arrangement of cells on the face of the target cellular structure using the inspecting device; representing the arrangement of cells with numerically defined target cell parameters; inputting the target cell parameters into the neural network; and generating an output from the neural network based on the target cell parameters, the output being indicative of a strength of the target cellular structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2012
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Inventors: Alan Thomas Stephens, II, Leon Robert Zoeller, III
  • Publication number: 20130107370
    Abstract: A glass article including: at least one anti-glare surface having haze, distinctness-of-image, surface roughness, uniformity properties and sparkle properties, as defined herein. A method of making the glass article includes, for example, slot coating a suspension of particles on at least one surface of the article to provide a particulated mask covering from about 40 to 92% of the coated surface area; contacting the at least one surface of the article having the particulated mask and an etchant to form the anti-glare surface, and optionally continuously polishing the suspension of particles just prior to slot coating. A display system that incorporates the glass article, as defined herein, is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2012
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Inventors: Charles Warren Lander, Kelvin Nguyen, Alan Thomas Stephens, II