Patents by Inventor Ian R. Girling

Ian R. Girling 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).

  • Optically non-linear materials and thin films incorporating these materials
    Patent number: 4818616
    Abstract: A multi-layer Langmuir-Blodgett film having non-linear optical properties is described. Alternate layers of the film are composed of first and second elongate chromophore molecules extending transverse to the plane of the film in a Y-configuration. The molecules are sythesised so that when deposited in a Y-configuration they are non-centrosymmetric and therefore exhibit significant optical nonlinearity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 1986
    Date of Patent: April 4, 1989
    Assignee: The General Electric Company, p.l.c.
    Inventors: David R. J. Milverton, Ian R. Girling
  • Method of improving the electrical characteristics of a thin film
    Patent number: 4761211
    Abstract: A method of improving the electrical characteristics of a thin film (1 or 9) formed on a substrate (3 or 11) by a Langmuir-Blodgett process. The method comprises immersing the film (1 or 9) in a fluid (5 or 13) and applying an electrical potential to the substrate (1 or 9) such that a self limiting electrochemical reaction within the fluid (5 or 13) causes any voids in the film (1 or 9) to be preferentially filled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 1987
    Date of Patent: August 2, 1988
    Assignee: The General Electric Company, p.l.c.
    Inventors: Ian R. Peterson, Ian R. Girling