Patents by Inventor Brett Eldon HUFF

Brett Eldon HUFF 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).

  • SURFACE-TREATED FERROELECTRIC MEDIA FOR USE IN SYSTEMS FOR STORING INFORMATION
    Publication number: 20080318086
    Abstract: A system for storing information comprises a media including a ferroelectric layer and a passivation layer formed over the ferroelectric layer, and a tip arranged in approximate contact with the passivation layer. The tip detects a polarization signal that corresponds to changes in polarization of domains of the ferroelectric layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2007
    Publication date: December 25, 2008
    Applicant: NANOCHIP, INC.
    Inventors: Byong Man Kim, Donald Edward Adams, Brett Eldon Huff, Yevgeny V. Anoikin, Robert N. Stark
  • METHODS OF TREATING A SURFACE OF A FERROELECTRIC MEDIA
    Publication number: 20080316897
    Abstract: A method of forming a passivation layer over a ferroelectric layer of a ferroelectric media comprises introducing the ferroelectric layer to a plasma comprising one of oxygen, oxygen-helium, and oxygen-nitrogen-helium, etching a surface of the ferroelectric layer, forming one of a substantially oxygen enriched layer and a substantially hydroxyl enriched layer at the surface of the ferroelectric layer, introducing the ferroelectric layer to an environment comprising substantially nitrogen, and maintaining the ferroelectric layer within the environment so that nitrogen enriches the substantially oxygen enriched layer to form a passivation layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2007
    Publication date: December 25, 2008
    Applicant: NANOCHIP, INC.
    Inventors: Byong Man KIM, Donald Edward ADAMS, Brett Eldon HUFF, Yevgeny V. ANOIKIN, Robert N. STARK