Patents by Inventor Ken Kearns

Ken Kearns 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).

  • Unusually stable glasses and methods for forming same
    Patent number: 8329218
    Abstract: The present invention provides vapor deposition methods that overcome the kinetic restrictions imposed by more conventional vapor deposition processes and liquid-cooling techniques to form amorphous molecular solids with greatly enhanced stabilities. The present methods produce amorphous molecular solids having stabilities, as measured by fictive temperature, that cannot be achieved using liquid-cooling methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
    Inventors: Mark D. Ediger, Stephen Swallen, Ken Kearns, Lian Yu, Tian Wu
  • UNUSUALLY STABLE GLASSES AND METHODS FOR FORMING SAME
    Publication number: 20080213365
    Abstract: The present invention provides vapor deposition-methods that overcome the kinetic restrictions imposed by more conventional vapor deposition processes and liquid-cooling techniques to form amorphous molecular solids with greatly enhanced-stabilities. The present methods produce amorphous molecular solids having stabilities, as measured by fictive temperature, that cannot be achieved using liquid-cooling methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 29, 2008
    Publication date: September 4, 2008
    Inventors: Mark D. Ediger, Stephen Swallen, Ken Kearns, Lian Yu, Tian Wu