Patents by Inventor Philip Cox

Philip Cox 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).

  • Metal ion batteries having non-compatible electrolytes and methods of fabricating same
    Patent number: 6103426
    Abstract: Secondary metal ion batteries are fabricated using a working electrolyte that is substantially incompatible with the anode material. This is accomplished by forming an SEI on the anode material at least in part using a compatible (i.e., SEI developing) electrolyte, and including a substantially incompatible (non-SEI forming) composition as the working electrolyte.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2000
    Assignee: SRI International
    Inventors: Subhash Narang, Susanna Ventura, Philip Cox
  • Liquid crystal material and liquid crystal display device
    Patent number: 5855813
    Abstract: The present invention is a liquid crystal material including a base crystal material, a compound represented by the following general formula (I) and/or a compound represented by the following general formula (II) ##STR1## (where n is an integer of 0 to 10, m is an integer of 0 to 15, and x is cyano group or halogen).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 5, 1999
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Harry Coles, Kohki Takatoh, Philip Cox
  • Devices for recording test results, and test kits comprising them
    Patent number: 4776612
    Abstract: A recording device for recording results of a series of chemical tests, each of said tests being adapted to produce a change of color or other visual texture of a test material, said recording device comprising:(a) a recording surface which is capable of being marked by a user of said test,(b) an array of recording zones on said recording surface, said zones comprising, for each of a respective series of occasions on which an example of said test is to be performed, a series of zones each to be associated with a respective possible outcome of said test on said occasion; and(c) said device also carrying, for each said zone, a representation of a color or other visual texture of said test material corresponding to said respective possible outcome of said test.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 1987
    Date of Patent: October 11, 1988
    Assignee: Unilever Patent Hall, B.V.
    Inventor: Philip Cox