Patents by Inventor Jay Molstad

Jay Molstad 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).

  • Low temperature method of preparing GaN single crystals
    Patent number: 5868837
    Abstract: A low temperature method for preparing GaN single crystals for use, for example, for blue light emitting diodes and laser diodes, comprises using sodium as a flux in a reaction system containing only gallium, sodium and nitrogen, e.g., by thermally decomposing sodium azide in a closed reaction zone containing gallium or by reacting gallium with nitrogen supplied from a tank in a closed reaction zone containing sodium, optionally in the presence of a catalytic amount of an alkaline earth metal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 9, 1999
    Assignee: Cornell Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Francis J. DiSalvo, Hisanori Yamane, Jay Molstad