Patents by Inventor Francoise Houzay

Francoise Houzay 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).

  • Autonomous container for the vacuum treatment of an object and its transfer lock
    Patent number: 5260547
    Abstract: An antonomous container permits the vacuum transportation of any random small object and the performance of operations within a container (1) or lock (2), without it being necessary to transfer the object (10) into a working station (3). The container according to the invention is small and is provided with shielding windows (12). Therefore the object (10) can be observed within the container (1) during the operations performed within the said container (1). The latter can be transferred for supplementary operations with respect to the object (10) to the working station (3) by means of a manipulating rod (30). Application to the growth of integrated circuits in microelectronics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 9, 1993
    Assignee: France Telecom Etablissement Autonome de Droit Public
    Inventors: Francoise Houzay, Jean-Marie Moison, Yves Nissim