Patents by Inventor David M. Muller

David M. Muller 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).

  • Patent number: 5529935
    Abstract: A process for determining the organoamines concentrations in chlorosilane. The process comprises separating a mixture comprising as a major portion a chlorosilane and as minor portion an organoamine having a boiling point less than or about the boiling point of the chlorosilane, where the organoamine is complexed in situ in the chlorosilane to form an organoamine complex which vaporizes at a temperature greater than the boiling point temperature of the chlorosilane, into a vapor phase comprising the chlorosilane and a solid phase comprising the organoamine complex. An aqueous solution of the solid phase is formed and analyzed by ion exchange chromatography for organoamine content. The present invention is particularly useful for analyzing chlorosilanes for dimethylamine and trimethylamine where the chlorosilane or residual hydrogen chloride in the chlorosilane serves to complex the organoamine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 25, 1996
    Assignee: Hemlock Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: Robert G. Brink, David M. Muller, Guy L. Reggio