Patents by Inventor Mark Thorson

Mark Thorson 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).

  • Encapsulant for microelectronic devices
    Patent number: 6255738
    Abstract: Filled, curable siloxane encapsulant compositions containing a curable siloxane base resin with functional groups reactive with functional groups of a hardener compound to form a polysiloxane, and filler particles with surface functional groups reactive with the hardener compound functional groups, wherein the filler particles have at least a bi-modal particle packing distribution of first filler particles having a first diameter and second filler particles having a second diameter smaller than the first diameter, and the first and second filler particles are present in amounts effective to provide a particle packing distribution with a relative bulk volume of at least about 90 percent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2001
    Assignee: Tessera, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas H. Distefano, Craig Mitchell, Mark Thorson, Zlata Kovac