Patents by Inventor Brent Kirby

Brent Kirby 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 PREPARING HIGH DENSITY METAL OXIDE LAYERS AND THE LAYERS PRODUCED THEREBY
    Publication number: 20090148714
    Abstract: A method for the production of an oxide layer, involving oxidizing a metal surface, wherein the metal surface is electrically connected to an electronic control unit (ECU); wherein the metal oxide layer produced has an amount of metal present in said metal oxide layer that is higher than that present in a metal oxide layer produced by oxidizing the metal surface in the absence of the ECU; or oxidizing an oxidizable non-metallic conductive surface, wherein the oxidizable non-metallic conductive surface is electrically connected to an electronic control unit (ECU); wherein the oxide layer produced is denser than that produced by oxidizing the oxidizable non-metallic conductive surface in the absence of the ECU; and the metal oxide or oxide layers produced thereby.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2008
    Publication date: June 11, 2009
    Applicants: APPLIED SEMICONDUCTOR INTERNATIONAL LTD., The Trustees of Princeton University
    Inventors: Andrew B. Bocarsly, Brent Kirby, David Dowling