Patents by Inventor Richard Dean Weale

Richard Dean Weale 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).

  • Process for coating a substrate with metallic layer
    Patent number: 6235411
    Abstract: A metallic layer is coated onto a polyimide substrate by sputtering a layer of chromium followed by a layer of copper whereby the rate of deposition of the chromium is about 4 angstroms/second or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 1994
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2001
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Kim Joseph Blackwell, Pei Cheh Chen, Allan Robert Knoll, Luis Jesus Matienzo, Richard Dean Weale