Patents by Inventor Bill Woodley

Bill Woodley 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).

  • Detector for measuring the luminous intensity scattered by thin films of colloidal media
    Patent number: 5572321
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for measuring the luminous intensity scattered by thin films of colloidal media. It is more particularly intended for submicron grain-size analysis by photon correlation, and comprises a device for measuring the luminous intensity scattered by thin films (16) of colloidal media. The invention includes a monochromatic luminous source (2); a converging optical system (4) focusing the source on the thin film to be analyzed; at least one photosensitive detector (5; 5'; 5"; 5'") detecting the light scattered or backscattered by the thin film; and a system (60, 70) for processing the signal coming from photodetector(s) (5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 1994
    Date of Patent: November 5, 1996
    Assignees: Institut Francais du Petrole, Sematech
    Inventors: Frank Pinier, Bill Woodley, Patrick Patin, Didier Frot