Patents by Inventor Maria Sugrue

Maria Sugrue 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).

  • Sol-gel route to transparent metal oxide films
    Patent number: 6074471
    Abstract: This invention relates to metal oxides based films and a method for their production via a sol-gel route using metal bis(.beta.-diketonate) salts as precursors. They can be conveniently doped by Group (III), (IV) or (V) impurities and may be used to provide coductive coating on optically transparent substrates such as glass, ceramics or polymers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2000
    Assignee: The Secretary of State for Defence in Her Britannic Majesty's Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
    Inventors: Peter J S Foot, Richard Singer, Maria Sugrue, Ian J Youngs