Patents by Inventor Andreas Mobius

Andreas Mobius 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).

  • Publication number: 20050034996
    Abstract: A method for the selective or complete rendering inert of substrates, workpieces, and components of the apparatus in the chemical deposition of metals by depositing nonreactive coatings thereon. A coating which is nonreactive with respect to the subsequent plating is electrolytically deposited on the sites of the substrate which are not to be plated from a solution containing an activator and an electrolyte. The inert, nonreactive coating is removable by means of dilute acids or alkaline media, without manual effort, after the subsequent chemical plating of the substrates, workpieces, or unit parts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2004
    Publication date: February 17, 2005
    Inventors: Helmut Horsthemke, Andreas Mobius, Marlies Kleinfeld
  • Patent number: 6841074
    Abstract: A method of purifying an electrolyte by bringing the electrolyte into contact with a first effective surface of a separating unit that is permeable to contaminants to be removed from the electrolyte, and bringing a purifying liquid into contact with a second effective surface of the separating unit. A concentration level of contaminants in the purifying liquid is maintained to maintain a contaminant driving force gradient between the electrolyte and the purifying liquid so contaminants transfer from the electrolyte into the purifying liquid. An apparatus for purifying an electrolyte having a first volumetric region for holding the electrolyte, a second volumetric region for holding a purifying liquid, and a separating unit that is permeable to the contaminants to be removed from the electrolyte and which fluidically separates the first and second volumetric regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2005
    Assignee: Enthone-OMI (Deutschland) GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Möbius, Axel König
  • Publication number: 20040096584
    Abstract: A process for the metallization of a plastic surface, whereby the following process steps are performed in sequence, one after another. The plastic surface is subjected to an etching treatment under mild etching conditions. Subsequently, the plastic surface is treated with a metal salt solution, containing at least one salt from the group consisting of a cobalt salt, a silver salt, a tin salt, and a lead salt. The plastic surface is treated with a sulfide solution. Finally, the plastic surface is metallized in a metallizing bath.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2003
    Publication date: May 20, 2004
    Applicant: Enthone Inc.
    Inventors: Leonas Naruskevicius, Grigorijus Rozovskis, Jonas Vinkevicius, Mykolas Baranauskas, Andreas Mobius, Peter Pies
  • Patent number: 6712948
    Abstract: A process for the metallization of a plastic surface, whereby the following process steps are performed in sequence, one after another. The plastic surface is subjected to an etching treatment under mild etching conditions. Subsequently, the plastic surface is treated with a metal salt solution, containing at least one salt from the following group: cobalt salt, silver salt, tin salt, and lead salt. The plastic surface is treated with a sulfide solution. Finally, the plastic surface is metallized in a metallizing bath.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2004
    Assignee: Enthone Inc.
    Inventors: Leonas Naruskevicius, Grigorijus Rozovskis, Jonas Vinkevicius, Mykolas Baranauskas, Andreas Mobius, Peter Pies
  • Publication number: 20020029974
    Abstract: A method of purifying an electrolyte by bringing the electrolyte into contact with a first effective surface of a separating unit that is permeable to contaminants to be removed from the electrolyte, and bringing a purifying liquid into contact with a second effective surface of the separating unit. A concentration level of contaminants in the purifying liquid is maintained to maintain a contaminant driving force gradient between the electrolyte and the purifying liquid so contaminants transfer from the electrolyte into the purifying liquid. An apparatus for purifying an electrolyte having a first volumetric region for holding the electrolyte, a second volumetric region for holding a purifying liquid, and a separating unit that is permeable to the contaminants to be removed from the electrolyte and which fluidically separates the first and second volumetric regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2001
    Publication date: March 14, 2002
    Applicant: Enthone Inc.
    Inventors: Andreas Mobius, Axel Konig
  • Patent number: 6168670
    Abstract: Articles of copper and brass can be uniformly pickled in a solution utilizing peroxosulfate as the active agent when the concentration of additives in the form of organic sulfur compounds, inorganic sulfur compounds, organic sulfur-free nitrogen compounds, and inorganic sulfur-free nitrogen compounds are increased to increase the current yield, when the speed of the solution of less noble metals than copper is inhibited and when an organic complex former is added to the pickle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2001
    Assignee: LPW-Blasberg Anlagen GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Möbius, Wolfgang Thiele