Patents by Inventor Brian G. Dixon

Brian G. Dixon 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).

  • Cathode and process for degrading halogenated carbon compounds in aqueous solvents
    Patent number: 5292409
    Abstract: Aqueous solutions of halogenated carbon compounds containing at least one halogen atom and capable of undergoing nucleophilic substitution are degraded by electrolytically generating superoxide ion under the protection of a layer of ion exchange material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 1991
    Date of Patent: March 8, 1994
    Assignee: Cape Cod Research, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian G. Dixon, Leah J. Bialic
  • Electroluminescent electrode made of a tris bipyridyl ruthenium complex embedded in a perfluorinated polymer and deposited on a transparent electrode
    Patent number: 5075172
    Abstract: An electrochemiluminescent layer for use in apparatus for determining the concentration levels of pollutants in water by measuring the increase in light emission of a luminescent surface electrochemically excited by a supporting electrode surface, where a tris bipyridyl ruthenium complex forms a homogeneous mixture with a perfluorinated, sulfonated polymer film, deposited on a transparent, electrically conductive surface, in which case the surface may also have a fine-grained structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 1991
    Date of Patent: December 24, 1991
    Assignee: Cape Cod Research
    Inventors: Brian G. Dixon, John R. Deans, Robert S. Morris, John P. Sanford
  • Battery electrolyte
    Patent number: 4834772
    Abstract: A polymeric gelled electrolyte and the method for preparing the novel polymeric elelctrolyte in a crosslinked and noncrosslinked state is disclosed. The polymeric electrolyte is prepared from chitosan which may be crosslinked with aldehydes or remain uncrosslinked and form a superior electrolyte upon gelling in alkaline liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 1988
    Date of Patent: May 30, 1989
    Assignee: Cape Cod Research, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian G. Dixon, John R. Deans, Leah B. Jenney