Patents by Inventor John Allen Emerson

John Allen Emerson 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).

  • Method for depositing a metal on a surface
    Patent number: 4098922
    Abstract: A method for depositing a metal on a surface is disclosed. The method comprises coating the surface with a sensitizing solution comprising at least a reducible salt of a non-noble metal dissolved in a solvent comprising water and an alcohol having a total number of carbon atoms ranging from 2 to 8. The coated surface is treated to reduce the metal salt to metallic nuclei to form a catalytic layer thereon capable of directly catalyzing the deposition of a metal on said nuclei from an electroless metal deposition solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1976
    Date of Patent: July 4, 1978
    Assignee: Western Electric Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald Dinella, John Allen Emerson, Ted Dennis Polakowski, Jr.