Patents by Inventor Catharine Fay

Catharine Fay 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).

  • Process for the simultaneous formation of surface and sub-surface metallic layers in polymer films
    Publication number: 20050119390
    Abstract: Self-metallizing polyimide films are created by doping polyamic acid solutions with metallic ions and solubilizing agents. Upon creating a film, the film is exposed to ultraviolet light for a specific time and then cured. The resulting film has been found to have a metallic surface layer and a metallic subsurface layer (interlayer). The layer separating the metallic layer has a uniform dispersion of small metal particulates within the polymer. The layer below the interlayer has larger metal particulates uniformly distributed within the polymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2004
    Publication date: June 2, 2005
    Applicant: USA as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
    Inventors: Gregory Gaddy, Diane Stoakley, Gilda Miner, Edward Locke, Catharine Fay, German Mills