Patents by Inventor Peter Mardilovich

Peter Mardilovich 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).

  • Encapsulation of nano-dimensional structures by oxidation
    Publication number: 20070007518
    Abstract: This invention relates to a method of encapsulating nano-dimensional structures, comprising: depositing at least one material upon a substrate such that the material includes at least one portion; and creating an oxidized layer located substantially adjacent to the deposited material such that the at least one portion of the deposited material becomes substantially encapsulated by a portion of the oxidized layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2005
    Publication date: January 11, 2007
    Inventors: Peter Mardilovich, Pavel Komilovich, Randy Hoffman
  • Use of expanding material oxides for nano-fabrication
    Publication number: 20070010101
    Abstract: This invention relates to a method of fabricating nano-dimensional structures, comprising: depositing at least one deformable material upon a substrate such that the material includes at least one portion; and creating an oxidizable layer located substantially adjacent to the deposited deformable material such that at least a portion of the oxidized portion of the oxidizable layer interacts with the at least one portion of the deformable material to apply a localized pressure upon the at least one portion of the deformable material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2005
    Publication date: January 11, 2007
    Inventors: Peter Mardilovich, Pavel Kornilovich, Randy Hoffman
  • Metal-insulator-metal device
    Patent number: 7160745
    Abstract: A method for forming a metal-insulator-metal device includes imprinting at least one first layer to form a first impression, removing a portion of at least one second layer through the first depression to form a recess in the at least one second layer bordered by a first side, a first overhang along the first side, a second opposite side and a second overhang along the second side. The method also includes depositing a first metal in the recess spaced from the first side and the second side and oxidizing the first metal to create a non-linear dielectric.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2007
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Kurt Ulmer, Jian-gang Weng, Peter Mardilovich, John Christopher Rudin
  • Seal of fluid port
    Publication number: 20070000600
    Abstract: One embodiment of an electronic component packaging system includes a base adapted for supporting an electronic component, a lid sealed to the base, the lid including a fillport, and the fillport hermetically sealed by light irradiation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2005
    Publication date: January 4, 2007
    Inventors: Cary Addington, Shell Whittington, Peter Mardilovich, William Wren
  • Fuel cell with embedded current collector
    Patent number: 7153601
    Abstract: A fuel cell includes one or more fuel cell assemblies. Each of the fuel cell assemblies has an electrolyte having a length, an anode having a length and disposed on one side of the electrolyte, and a cathode having a length and disposed on the same or the other side of the electrolyte. The fuel cell further includes a plurality of current collectors. Each of the current collectors is substantially embedded within, and continuously extends substantially the respective length of at least one of the electrolyte, anode and cathode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2006
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Peter Mardilovich, Niranjan Thirukkovalur, David Champion, Gregory Herman, James O'Neil
  • Method and apparatus for enhancing catalytic activity
    Patent number: 7147948
    Abstract: A fuel cell has at least one electrode operatively disposed in the fuel cell, the electrode(s) having a catalytically active surface. A mechanism is provided for substantially maintaining catalysis over the active surface of the electrode(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2006
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, LP.
    Inventors: David Champion, Christopher Beatty, Peter Mardilovich
  • Methods for applying crystalline materials
    Patent number: 7140725
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods for applying crystalline materials to a substrate by applying a cation and an anion and crystallizing at least a portion of the reaction product of the cation and the anion. The application of at least one of the cation or the anion is actively controlled such that it is applied in a patternwise or blanketwise fashion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2006
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Gregory S Herman, Benjamin Clark, Peter Mardilovich, James O'Neil, David Champion
  • Fabrication of nano-object array
    Patent number: 7132298
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to a system and method for creating nano-object arrays. A nano-object array can be created by exposing troughs in a corrugated surface to nano-objects and depositing the nano-objects within or orienting the nano-objects with the troughs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2006
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Pavel Kornilovich, Peter Mardilovich, James Stasiak
  • Electrode-electrolyte composites having discrete regions
    Patent number: 7118826
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the invention are directed towards electrode-electrolyte composites. The electrode-electrolyte composites comprise electrode material and electrolyte material. At least a portion of the electrode material is present as a plurality of discrete regions having conductive contact with the electrolyte material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2006
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: James O'Neil, Gregory S Herman, Peter Mardilovich, David Champion
  • Method for making thin fuel cell electrolyte
    Patent number: 7112296
    Abstract: An electrolyte has a core and at least one projection extending from the core. The core is supported on a substrate, and the at least one projection is separated from the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2006
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Gregory S Herman, Sriram Ramamoorthi, Peter Mardilovich, Ronald L. Enck, J Daniel Smith
  • Fuel cell leak detection
    Publication number: 20060211119
    Abstract: Methods and systems of facilitating detection of fuel leaks in a fuel cell system include adding organic molecules to a fuel cell fuel supply to odorize the fuel supply.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2006
    Publication date: September 21, 2006
    Inventors: Gregory Herman, David Punsalan, Kurt Ulmer, Peter Mardilovich
  • Multilayer film
    Publication number: 20060194420
    Abstract: This disclosure describes system(s) and/or method(s) enabling contacts for individual nanometer-scale-thickness layers of a multilayer film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2005
    Publication date: August 31, 2006
    Inventors: Pavel Kornilovich, Peter Mardilovich, Sriram Ramamoorthi
  • Method of utilizing a contact printning stamp
    Publication number: 20060185540
    Abstract: A method of using a contact printing stamp, including forming a transfer material on a plurality of stamping surfaces. The plurality of stamping surfaces are disposed on a plurality of stamp protrusions adapted from the forming of a stamp material in a plurality of recessed regions formed in an exposed end-region of a multilayer thin film structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2005
    Publication date: August 24, 2006
    Inventors: Pavel Kornilovich, Peter Mardilovich, Kevin Peters
  • Method of forming a contact printing stamp
    Publication number: 20060169160
    Abstract: A method of forming a contact printing stamp, including creating a stamp material in a plurality of recessed regions formed in an exposed end-region of a multilayer thin film structure. The stamp material having a printing surface adapted to transfer a transfer material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2005
    Publication date: August 3, 2006
    Inventors: Pavel Kornilovich, Peter Mardilovich, Kevin Peters
  • Thin film fuel cell electrolyte and method for making
    Publication number: 20060172167
    Abstract: An electrolyte has a core and at least one projection extending from the core. The core is supported on a substrate, and the at least one projection is separated from the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2006
    Publication date: August 3, 2006
    Inventors: Gregory Herman, Sriram Ramamoorthi, Peter Mardilovich, Ronald Enck, J. Smith
  • Periodic layered structures and methods therefor
    Publication number: 20060169592
    Abstract: A periodic layered structure having physical and chemical properties varying periodically at least along a direction perpendicular to its layers is made by providing a substrate, depositing a quantity of non-porous electrochemically oxidizable material over the substrate, at least partially anodizing the non-porous electrochemically oxidizable material, and repeating similar steps until a layered structure having a desired periodicity and a desired total structure thickness is completed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2005
    Publication date: August 3, 2006
    Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Peter Mardilovich, Pavel Kornilovich, Sriram Ramamoorthi
  • Semiconductor device
    Publication number: 20060163655
    Abstract: An exemplary embodiment includes a semiconductor device. The semiconductor device can include a channel including one or more compounds of the formula AxBxOx, wherein each A is selected from the group of Cu, Ag, Sb, each B is selected from the group of Cu, Ag, Sb, Zn, Cd, Ga, In, Ge, Sn, and Pb, each O is atomic oxygen, each x is independently a non-zero integer, and each of A and B are different.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2005
    Publication date: July 27, 2006
    Inventors: Randy Hoffman, Peter Mardilovich, Gregory Herman
  • Fuel cell or electrodes with passive support
    Patent number: 7070879
    Abstract: An electrode suitable for use in a fuel cell includes a passive support having pores wherein the passive support has an asymmetric pore morphology with respect to at least one dimension of the passive support; and an electrode material positioned in the pores of the passive support. An exemplary electrode includes an electrode material of a metal and/or metal oxide. An exemplary porous electrode includes a deposited electrolyte layer that blocks at least some pores of the porous electrode. An exemplary method includes reducing an electrode material positioned in pores of a passive support to create secondary porosity and/or to limit agglomeration. Other exemplary devices and/or methods are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2006
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Peter Mardilovich, Gregory S Herman, Christopher Beatty, James O'Neil, David Champion
  • Fuel cell and method of manufacturing same using chemical/mechanical planarization
    Patent number: 7067215
    Abstract: A method of making a fuel cell includes the following steps. A pattern is placed on a base surface to create a predetermined topography on the base surface. An anode layer, a cathode layer and/or an electrolyte layer is/are deposited over the pattern. Areas of higher topography are removed from areas of lower topography using chemical mechanical planarization to form a predetermined fuel cell structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2006
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Dennis Lazaroff, Peter Mardilovich, David Champion, Gregory S Herman
  • Fuel-cell element stack with stress relief and methods
    Patent number: 7063909
    Abstract: A fuel-cell assembly has a plurality of unit cells, each of the unit cells comprising an anode, an electrolyte, a cathode, and a current collector. The fuel-cell assembly has a plurality of electrical interconnection elements, at least one electrical interconnection element being connected respectively to each anode, to each cathode, and to each current collector of the unit cells. The unit cells are arranged in a stack and are mechanically supported by electrical interconnection elements such that each of the unit cells of the stack has at least one edge free to move relative to the electrical interconnection elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2006
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: David Champion, Jonald R. Gradwohl, Peter Mardilovich, Christopher Beatty