Patents by Inventor Barry Polhemus

Barry Polhemus 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).

  • Method of applying thin metal deposits to a substrate
    Patent number: 4297393
    Abstract: A method of applying thin metal sensitizing deposits to the exposed silicon areas of a silicon substrate having areas of exposed silicon and silicon oxide, including the steps of immersing the silicon substrate in a basic, aqueous solution containing a metal salt of the metal to be deposited, particularly a nickel, cobalt, or platinum salt, and thereafter reducing the metal ion of the salt to the elemental metal by use of the exposed silicon as the reducing agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 1980
    Date of Patent: October 27, 1981
    Assignee: RCA Corporation
    Inventors: Richard Denning, Mark A. Spak, Barry Polhemus