Patents by Inventor Heather L. Wolbach

Heather L. Wolbach 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).

  • Methods of making a niobium metal oxide
    Patent number: 7210641
    Abstract: Methods to at least partially reduce a niobium oxide are described. In one embodiment, a milling process is described wherein the surfaces of the mill in contact with the starting metal oxide, getter material, and/or oxygen reduced metal oxide are the same as the material being milled. Other milling techniques and products are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2007
    Assignee: Cabot Corporation
    Inventors: Ricky W. Kitchell, Heather L. Wolbach
  • Methods of making a niobium metal oxide
    Publication number: 20030057304
    Abstract: Methods to at least partially reduce a niobium oxide are described. In one embodiment, a milling process is described wherein the surfaces of the mill in contact with the starting metal oxide, getter material, and/or oxygen reduced metal oxide are the same as the material being milled. Other milling techniques and products are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2002
    Publication date: March 27, 2003
    Inventors: Ricky W. Kitchell, Heather L. Wolbach