Patents by Inventor James P. Brozek

James P. Brozek 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).

  • Flexible printed circuits
    Patent number: 5437916
    Abstract: Flexible printed circuits comprising cobalt circuitry electrolessly deposited on an activated ink coating prepared by heating a wet ink comprising a polymer, e.g. a vinyl polymer such as polyvinyl chloride or polyvinyl alcohol or an unsaturated polymer such as polybutadiene, and a Group 1B or 8 compound, e.g. palladium dichloride, which is adapted to drying at room temperature to a catalytically inert ink. Selective areas of the ink activated by application of heat or light are catalytic to electroless deposition of cobalt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 1, 1995
    Assignee: Monsanto Company
    Inventors: Albert W. Morgan, James P. Brozek, James D. Capistran, Michael T. O'Connor, Jr.
  • Flexible printed circuits
    Patent number: 5328750
    Abstract: Flexible printed circuits comprising copper circuitry electrolessly deposited on an activated ink coating prepared by heating a wet ink comprising a polymer, e.g. polyvinyl chloride or a butadiene polymer, and a Group 1B or 8 compound, e.g. palladium dichloride, which is adapted to drying at room temperature to a catalytically inert ink. Selective areas of the ink activated by application of heat or light, e.g. a laser, are catalytic to electroless deposition of copper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 1991
    Date of Patent: July 12, 1994
    Assignee: Monsanto Company
    Inventors: Albert W. Morgan, James P. Brozek, James D. Capistran, Michael T. O'Connor, Jr.
  • Selective catalytic activation of polymeric films
    Patent number: 5075037
    Abstract: Catalytically inert films comprising complexes of polymer with a compound of a Group 1B or Group 8 metal at unusually low proportions of metal can be selectively activated, e.g. to provide a catalytic surface. Such films can be advantageously activatable to electroless deposition, e.g. of oxidation resistant layers of copper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 1990
    Date of Patent: December 24, 1991
    Assignee: Monsanto Company
    Inventors: Albert W. Morgan, James P. Brozek, James D. Capistran, Michael T. O'Connor, Jr.
  • Selective catalytic activation of polymeric films
    Patent number: 4910072
    Abstract: Catalytically inert films comprising complexes of polymer with a compound of a Group 1B or Group 8 metal at unusually low proportions of metal can be selectively activated, e.g. to provide a catalytic surface. Such films can be advantageously activatable to electroless deposition, e.g. of oxidation resistant layers of copper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 1989
    Date of Patent: March 20, 1990
    Assignee: Monsanto Company
    Inventors: Albert W. Morgan, James P. Brozek, James D. Capistran, Michael T. O'Connor, Jr.
  • Oxidation-resistant metal coatings
    Patent number: 4900618
    Abstract: Oxidation-resistant, electrolessly deposited metal coatings, e.g. of copper, can be provided on a variety of substrates such as fibers and films. Precursor substrates have nascent or actual clusters of catalytic metal with dimensions less than 100 nanometers, e.g. about 10 nanometers. Disclosed methods can produce electrically conductive, copper-coated PET or acrylic multifilament with a resistance of less than 20 ohms/meter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 1987
    Date of Patent: February 13, 1990
    Assignee: Monsanto Company
    Inventors: Michael T. O'Connor, James D. Capistran, James P. Brozek, Albert W. Morgan