Patents by Inventor John Rather

John Rather 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).

  • Publication number: 20070194442
    Abstract: A multisurfaced microdevice system array is produced from a wafer formed of semiconductor substrate material. Sensing, controlling and actuating microdevices are fabricated at specific location on both sides of the wafer, and the wafer is diced. Each die thus created is then formed into a multisurfaced, multifaced structure having outer and inner faces. The multifaced structure and the microdevices form a standardized microdevice system, and cooperatively combined microdevice systems form a microdevice system array. Communication of energy and data to and between microdevices on each and other microdevice systems of the microdevice system array is provided by energy transferring devices including electric conductors for transferring electric energy, ultrasound emitters and receivers for transferring acoustic energy, and electromagnetic energy emitters and receivers for transferring electromagnetic energy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2006
    Publication date: August 23, 2007
    Inventors: John Rather, Gregory Auner