Patents by Inventor Mark R. Rahe

Mark R. Rahe 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 catalyst for electroless plating
    Patent number: 6344242
    Abstract: A sol-gel catalyst composition for electroless plating includes a metal alkoxide in a polar organic solvent, an acid, a chloride salt or acid chloride, and a catalytic metallic salt. The sol-gel catalyst adheres to smooth surfaces without the preconditioning normally associated with other sol-gel smooth surface catalyst, as well as a method for coating a substrate with the sol-gel catalyst composition, and then a metallic platting solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2002
    Assignee: McDonnell Douglas Corporation
    Inventors: Richard D. Stolk, Mark R. Rahe