Patents by Inventor Forrest O. Stark

Forrest O. Stark 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).

  • Amorphous silicon hermetic coatings for optical wave guides
    Patent number: 5246734
    Abstract: This invention relates to a method of forming amorphous silicon hermetic coatings on light conducting devices, including optical fibers, wave guides, light pipes, or cables. By the present invention, a halosilane, halodisilane or mixture of halosilanes is thermally decomposed in the vapor phase in the presence of a light conducting device to produce an amorphous silicon hermetic coating on the light conducting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 1990
    Date of Patent: September 21, 1993
    Assignee: Dow Corning Corporation
    Inventors: Sudarsanan Varaprath, Forrest O. Stark, Keith W. Michael