Patents by Inventor Fred Theodore

Fred Theodore 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).

  • Die for shaped crystal growth from a molten bath
    Patent number: 6325852
    Abstract: A die for drawing crystals from a molten bath, has a body bored with at least one longitudinal capillary channel arranged between a lower face of the body. The die is intended to be immersed in the molten bath and an upper face of the body intended to support the liquid coming from the molten bath through the capillary channel. The die upper face has a flat surface onto which the capillary channel emerges, and this flat surface forms an angle &thgr; less than 90° with the longitudinal axis of the capillary channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2001
    Assignee: Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique
    Inventors: Fred Theodore, Jean Delepine, Jean-Philippe Nabot, Vladimir Kurlov