Patents by Inventor Arthur T. Howe

Arthur T. Howe 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).

  • Amorphous carbon electrodes and their use in electrochemical cells
    Patent number: 4640744
    Abstract: Amorphous carbon is an electrocatalytically active material which is useful as an electrode component in electrochemical cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 1984
    Date of Patent: February 3, 1987
    Assignee: Standard Oil Company (Indiana)
    Inventor: Arthur T. Howe
  • Method of making multilayer photoelectrodes and photovoltaic cells
    Patent number: 4534099
    Abstract: A corrosion-resistant, multilayer photoelectrode for use in a photoelectrochemical cell and a process for producing said photoelectrode by preparing an effective layer of an insulator material on a base semiconductor and depositing a layer of conducting material on said layer of insulating material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 1984
    Date of Patent: August 13, 1985
    Assignee: Standard Oil Company (Indiana)
    Inventor: Arthur T. Howe
  • Multilayer photoelectrodes utilizing exotic materials
    Patent number: 4521800
    Abstract: A corrosion-resistant, multilayer photoelectrode for use in a photoelectrochemical cell and a process for producing said photoelectrode by preparing an effective layer of an insulator material on a base semiconductor and depositing a layer of conducting material on said layer of insulating material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 1982
    Date of Patent: June 4, 1985
    Assignee: Standard Oil Company (Indiana)
    Inventor: Arthur T. Howe
  • Multilayer photoelectrodes and photovoltaic cells
    Patent number: 4492743
    Abstract: A corrosion-resistant, multilayer photoelectrode for use in a photoelectrochemical cell and a process for producing said photoelectrode by preparing an effective layer of an insulator material containing aliovalent dopant ions on a base semiconductor and depositing a layer of conducting material on said layer of insulating material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 1983
    Date of Patent: January 8, 1985
    Assignee: Standard Oil Company (Indiana)
    Inventor: Arthur T. Howe
  • Electrical device with separator as conductor for hydrogen cations
    Patent number: 4179491
    Abstract: The material H(UO.sub.2)XO.sub.4.nH.sub.2 O, where X is P, As or I(OH).sub.2, conducts protons and when pressed under steadily increasing pressure (subsequently gradually released) may find use as a component of a battery, fuel cell, electrochromic cell, water vapor pressure meter or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 1978
    Date of Patent: December 18, 1979
    Assignee: National Research Development Corporation
    Inventors: Arthur T. Howe, Mark G. Shilton