Patents by Inventor Catherine E. Rice

Catherine E. Rice 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).

  • Publication number: 20080142810
    Abstract: A transparent conductive oxide contact layer to enhance the spectral output of a light emitting device and a methodology for its deposition. The transparent conductive oxide deposited on the light emitting device so as to have a columnar structure. The transparent conductive oxide contact layer may be preferably ZnO doped with a conductive element. Light emitting phosphors may also be deposited within the transparent conductive oxide contact layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2007
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Inventors: Gary S. Tompa, Shangzhu Sun, Catherine E. Rice, Nick M. Sbrockey, Lloyd G. Provost
  • Patent number: 5416063
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for forming a superconductive oxide layer on a substrate. The method comprises applying a precursor solution to a major surface of the substrate such that a metal-containing layer is formed on the surface, and heat treating the substrate/layer combination such that at least a substantial portion of the layer material is transformed into superconductive oxide. Exemplarily, the precursor solution is formed by dissolving Ba--, Y--, and Cu-containing compounds in acetic acid and water, spinning the solution on a MgO substrate, driving of unwanted constituents of the resulting layer at 400.degree. C., heating the combination to about 830.degree. C. in O.sub.2 such that the (perovskite) phase that is associated with superconductivity in YBa.sub.2 Cu.sub.3 O.sub.7 is formed, and oxygenating the layer at about 400.degree. C. in O.sub.2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 1987
    Date of Patent: May 16, 1995
    Assignee: AT&T Corp.
    Inventors: Michal E. Gross, Catherine E. Rice
  • Patent number: 4340278
    Abstract: Electrochromic devices based on anion transfer have been made. These devices utilize an iridium oxide electrochromic electrode in conjunction with an electrolyte that provides a source of anions with formula weight in the range 18 to 33.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 1980
    Date of Patent: July 20, 1982
    Assignee: Bell Telephone Laboratories, Incorporated
    Inventors: Gerardo Beni, Catherine E. Rice, Joseph L. Shay