Patents by Inventor Marilyn Markey Ecker

Marilyn Markey Ecker 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 improved metal oxide bonding of optical elements
    Patent number: 6117794
    Abstract: A method of preparing a supporting substrate of an optical subassembly for metal-oxide bonding an optical element to the substrate. The method includes providing a supporting substrate including a metalized region for metal-oxide bonding an optical element to the substrate and rinsing the substrate in a potassium hydroxide solution. The potassium hydroxide solution removes any excess metal oxide or other contaminants from the surface of the metalized region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2000
    Assignee: Lucent Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: James F. Dormer, John William Osenbach, Marilyn Markey Ecker