Patents by Inventor Barton C. Prorok

Barton C. Prorok 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).

  • Synthesis of highly phase pure BSCCO superconductors
    Patent number: 5468566
    Abstract: An article and method of manufacture of (Bi, Pb)-Sr-Ca-Cu-O superconductor. The superconductor is manufactured by preparing a first powdered mixture of bismuth oxide, lead oxide, strontium carbonate, calcium carbonate and copper oxide. A second powdered mixture is then prepared of strontium carbonate, calcium carbonate and copper oxide. The mixtures are calcined separately with the two mixtures then combined. The resulting combined mixture is then subjected to a powder in tube deformation and thermal processing to produce a substantially phase pure (Bi, Pb)-Sr-Ca-Cu-O superconductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 1994
    Date of Patent: November 21, 1995
    Assignee: University of Chicago
    Inventors: Stephen E. Dorris, Roger B. Poeppel, Barton C. Prorok, Michael T. Lanagan, Victor A. Maroni
  • Synthesis of highly phase pure (Bi, Pb)-Sr-Ca-Cu-O superconductor
    Patent number: 5354535
    Abstract: An article and method of manufacture of (Bi,Pb)-Sr-Ca-Cu-O superconductor. The superconductor is manufactured by preparing a first powdered mixture of bismuth oxide, lead oxide, strontium carbonate, calcium carbonate and copper oxide. A second powdered mixture is then prepared of strontium carbonate, calcium carbonate and copper oxide. The mixtures are calcined separately with the two mixtures then combined. The resulting combined mixture is then subjected to a powder in tube deformation and thermal processing to produce a substantially phase pure (Bi,Pb)-Sr-Ca-Cu-O superconductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 1993
    Date of Patent: October 11, 1994
    Assignee: University of Chicago
    Inventors: Stephen E. Dorris, Roger B. Poeppel, Barton C. Prorok, Michael T. Lanagan, Victor A. Maroni