Patents by Inventor Matthew A. Simpson

Matthew A. Simpson 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).

  • Publication number: 20170250057
    Abstract: A corrosion-resistant component configured for use with a semiconductor processing reactor, the corrosion-resistant component comprising: a) a ceramic insulating substrate; and, b) a white corrosion-resistant non-porous outer layer associated with the ceramic insulating substrate, the white corrosion-resistant non-porous outer layer having a thickness of at least 50 ?m, a porosity of at most 1%, and a composition comprising at least 15% by weight of a rare earth compound based on total weight of the corrosion-resistant non-porous layer; and, c) an L* value of at least 90 as measured on a planar surface of the white corrosion-resistant non-porous outer layer. Methods of making are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2017
    Publication date: August 31, 2017
    Inventors: Matthew Simpson, Ramesh Divakar, Alan Filer
  • Publication number: 20170140902
    Abstract: A corrosion-resistant component configured for use with a semiconductor processing reactor, the corrosion-resistant component comprising: a) a ceramic insulating substrate; and, b) a corrosion-resistant non-porous layer associated with the ceramic insulating substrate, the corrosion-resistant non-porous layer having a composition comprising at least 15% by weight of a rare earth compound based on total weight of the corrosion-resistant non-porous layer; and, the corrosion-resistant non-porous layer characterized by a microstructure substantially devoid of microcracks and fissures, and having an average grain size of at least about 100 nm and at most about 100 ?m. Assemblies including corrosion-resistant components and methods of making are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2016
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Inventors: Matthew Simpson, Ramesh Divakar, Alan Filer
  • Publication number: 20170121828
    Abstract: In a method for cathodically protecting and/or passivating a metal section in an ionically conductive material such as steel reinforcement in concrete or mortar, an impressed current or sacrificial anode communicates electrical current to the metal section and a storage component of electrical energy which can be a cell, battery or capacitor is provided as a component of the anode. The storage component can have replacement energy introduced by re-charging or replacing the component from an outside supply. Typically the cell or storage capacitor has an outer case which carries an anode material as an integral outer component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2016
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventors: David Matthew Simpson, George Sergi, Tejal Nikita Rathod, David William Whitmore
  • Patent number: 9493844
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods for detecting and identifying plant events that contain precision targeted genomic loci, and plants and plant cells comprising such targeted genomic loci. The method can be deployed as a high throughput process utilized for screening the intactness or disruption of a targeted genomic loci and optionally for detecting a donor DNA polynucleotide insertion at the targeted genomic loci. The methods are readily applicable for the identification of plant events produced via a targeting method which results from the use of a site specific nuclease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: Dow AgroSciences LLC
    Inventors: Lakshmi Sastry-Dent, Matthew Simpson, Zehui Cao, Wei Chen, Ning Zhou, Steven R. Webb
  • Patent number: 9464365
    Abstract: A sapphire substrate includes a generally planar surface having a crystallographic orientation selected from the group consisting of a-plane, r-plane, m-plane, and c-plane orientations, and having a nTTV of not greater than about 0.037 ?m/cm2, wherein nTTV is total thickness variation normalized for surface area of the generally planar surface, the substrate having a diameter not less than about 9.0 cm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN CERAMICS & PLASTICS, INC.
    Inventors: Brahmanandam V. Tanikella, Palaniappan Chinnakaruppan, Robert A. Rizzuto, Isaac K. Cherian, Ramanujam Vedantham, Matthew A. Simpson
  • Patent number: 9269196
    Abstract: A system that runs in web browsers of mobile devices that allows mobile users to take photos of building exteriors and interiors or other real world objects, upload photos, share photos with others, and use the photo images to model the 3D models with the system's image-based modeling interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Zhe Fan, Mark Limber, Brian Gammon Brown, Tilman Reinhardt, Matthew Simpson
  • Publication number: 20150307889
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods for transformation of an androgenic-derived, haploid cell line with a site-specific nuclease. In some embodiments, the androgenic-derived, haploid cell line is a maize microspore-derived plant tissue culture. In addition, the disclosure provides a method for modifying, e.g., by mutating or targeting and integrating donor DNA into, a specific locus of a haploid or dihaploid tissue genome. The disclosure further provides methods for regenerating a whole plant from the haploid or dihaploid tissue that contains either the mutation at a specific genomic locus or a donor DNA integrated within a specific genomic locus may be obtained from the subject disclosure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2015
    Publication date: October 29, 2015
    Inventors: Joseph F. Petolino, Tonya L. Strange, Jayakumar Pon Samuel, Ryan C. Blue, Matthew A. Simpson
  • Publication number: 20140335308
    Abstract: A sapphire substrate includes a generally planar surface having a crystallographic orientation selected from the group consisting of a-plane, r-plane, m-plane, and c-plane orientations, and having a nTTV of not greater than about 0.037 ?m/cm2, wherein nTTV is total thickness variation normalized for surface area of the generally planar surface, the substrate having a diameter not less than about 9.0 cm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2014
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Inventors: Brahmanandam V. Tanikella, Palaniappan Chinnakaruppan, Robert A. Rizzuto, Isaac K. Cherian, Ramanujam Vedantham, Matthew A. Simpson
  • Publication number: 20140298547
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods for detecting and identifying plant events that contain precision targeted genomic loci, and plants and plant cells comprising such targeted genomic loci. The method can be deployed as a high throughput process utilized for screening the intactness or disruption of a targeted genomic loci and optionally for detecting a donor DNA polynucleotide insertion at the targeted genomic loci. The methods are readily applicable for the identification of plant events produced via a targeting method which results from the use of a site specific nuclease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2013
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: DOW AGROSCIENCES LLC
    Inventors: Lakshmi Sastry-Dent, Matthew Simpson, Zehui Cao, Wei Chen, Ning Zhou, Steven R. Webb
  • Publication number: 20140234568
    Abstract: A sapphire substrate includes a generally planar surface having a crystallographic orientation selected from the group consisting of a-plane, r-plane, m-plane, and c-plane orientations, and having a nTTV of not greater than about 0.037 ?m/cm2, wherein nTTV is total thickness variation normalized for surface area of the generally planar surface, the substrate having a diameter not less than about 9.0 cm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2014
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: Saint-Gobain Ceramics & Plastics, Inc.
    Inventors: Brahmanandam V. Tanikella, Palaniappan Chinnakaruppan, Robert A. Rizzuto, Isaac K. Cherian, Ramanujam Vedantham, Matthew A. Simpson
  • Patent number: 8740670
    Abstract: A sapphire substrate includes a generally planar surface having a crystallographic orientation selected from the group consisting of a-plane, r-plane, m-plane, and c-plane orientations, and having a nTTV of not greater than about 0.037 ?m/cm2, wherein nTTV is total thickness variation normalized for surface area of the generally planar surface, the substrate having a diameter not less than about 9.0 cm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Saint-Gobain Ceramics & Plastics, Inc.
    Inventors: Brahmanandam V. Tanikella, Palaniappan Chinnakaruppan, Robert A. Rizzuto, Isaac K. Cherian, Ramanujam Vedantham, Matthew A. Simpson
  • Patent number: 8516857
    Abstract: ESD safe ceramic component is provided which includes a sintered composition which is formed of a base material and a resistivity modifier. The base material includes a primary component and a secondary component, the primary component including Al2O3 and the secondary component including tetragonal-ZrO2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: CoorsTek, Inc.
    Inventors: Oh-Hun Kwon, Christophe Coureau, Richard A. Gorski, Matthew A. Simpson
  • Patent number: 8455879
    Abstract: A sapphire substrate includes a generally planar surface having a crystallographic orientation selected from the group consisting of a-plane, r-plane, m-plane, and c-plane orientations, and having a nTTV of not greater than about 0.037 ?m/cm2, wherein nTTV is total thickness variation normalized for surface area of the generally planar surface, the substrate having a diameter not less than about 9.0 cm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignee: Saint-Gobain Ceramics & Plastics, Inc.
    Inventors: Brahmanandam V. Tanikella, Matthew A. Simpson, Palaniappan Chinnakaruppan, Robert A. Rizzuto, Ramanujam Vedantham
  • Patent number: 8017062
    Abstract: A semiconductor processing component includes a substrate and a layer overlying the substrate. The layer has a composition ReAyO1.5+2y, wherein Re is Y, La, a Lanthanoid series element, or a combination thereof, A is (Si1?aGea), 0.25?y?1.2, and 0?a?1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2011
    Inventors: Yeshwanth Narendar, Matthew A. Simpson, Richard R. Hengst
  • Patent number: 7983017
    Abstract: A Coulombic electrostatic chuck is disclosed which includes a substrate, a conductive layer overlying the substrate, and an arc elimination layer overlying the conductive layer. The electrostatic chuck further includes a high-k dielectric layer overlying the arc elimination layer, wherein the high-k dielectric layer has a dielectric constant of not less than about 10 and a resistivity of not less than about 1011 Ohm-cm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2011
    Assignee: Saint-Gobain Ceramics & Plastics, Inc.
    Inventor: Matthew A. Simpson
  • Patent number: 7972196
    Abstract: A method of changing the crystallographic orientation of a single crystal body is disclosed that includes the steps of characterizing a crystallographic orientation of the single crystal body and calculating a misorientation angle between a select crystallographic direction of the single crystal body and a projection of the crystallographic direction along a plane of a first exterior major surface of the single crystal body. The method further includes removing material from at least a portion of the first exterior major surface to change the misorientation angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2011
    Assignee: Saint-Gobain Ceramics & Plastics, Inc.
    Inventors: Brahmanandam V. Tanikella, Christopher Arcona, David I. Gindhart, Christopher D. Jones, Matthew A. Simpson
  • Patent number: 7956356
    Abstract: A sapphire substrate includes a generally planar surface having a crystallographic orientation selected from the group consisting of a-plane, r-plane, m-plane, and c-plane orientations, and having a nTTV of not greater than about 0.037 ?m/cm2, wherein nTTV is total thickness variation normalized for surface area of the generally planar surface, the substrate having a diameter not less than about 9.0 cm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2011
    Assignee: Saint-Gobain Ceramics & Plastics, Inc.
    Inventors: Brahmanandam V. Tanikella, Matthew A. Simpson, Palaniappan Chinnakaruppan, Robert A. Rizzuto, Isaac K. Cherian, Ramanujam Vedantham
  • Publication number: 20110091700
    Abstract: A microelectronic processing component can include a substrate and a corrosion-resistant layer. The substrate can include a metal-containing material, and the corrosion-resistant layer can be adjacent to the surface region. The corrosion-resistant layer can include a first portion and a second portion each including a rare earth compound, wherein the first portion is disposed between the substrate and the second portion, and the first portion has a first porosity, and the second portion has a second porosity that is greater than the first porosity. The component can be component within a processing apparatus used to process microelectronic workpieces. In a particular embodiment, the component can be exposed to the processing conditions as seen by the microelectronic workpiece when fabrication a microelectronic device from the microelectronic workpiece. Methods can be used to achieve the difference in porosity, and such methods can be for articles other than microelectronic processing components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2010
    Publication date: April 21, 2011
    Applicant: SAINT-GOBAIN CERAMICS & PLASTICS, INC.
    Inventor: Matthew A. Simpson
  • Patent number: D797171
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: CoorsTek, Inc.
    Inventors: Cesar Alfaro, Russell Bell, Anne Cenedella, Steve Govorchin, Mark S. Greenwell, Brian Seegmiller, Matthew Simpson
  • Patent number: D797172
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: CoorsTek, Inc.
    Inventors: Cesar Alfaro, Russell Bell, Anne Cenedella, Steve Govorchin, Mark S. Greenwell, Brian Seegmiller, Matthew Simpson