Patents by Inventor Robert A. Fleming

Robert A. Fleming 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).

  • Antireflective coating for glass applications and method of forming same
    Patent number: 11121267
    Abstract: One aspect of the disclosure is directed to a method for forming an antireflective coating on a substrate, which includes providing a polymer solution and a silica solution, depositing the polymer solution on a surface of the substrate to forming a polymer film thereon, depositing the silica solution on the formed polymer film on the substrate to form a silica film thereon, thereby forming a stack structure having the silica film formed on the polymer film that is, in turn, formed on the substrate, and drying the stack structure to form the antireflective coating on the substrate, wherein the antireflective coating comprises silica nanoparticles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS
    Inventors: Min Zou, Corey Thompson, Robert A. Fleming
  • ANTIREFLECTIVE NANOPARTICLE COATINGS AND METHODS OF FABRICATION
    Publication number: 20210101826
    Abstract: Antireflective nanoparticle coatings and methods of forming the coatings on substrates are disclosed. One method for forming an antireflective coating includes depositing a nanoparticle coating layer on a substrate, wherein the nanoparticle coating layer includes a colloidal solution of nanoparticles and a solidifying material. The solidifying material includes a silica precursor. The method further includes curing the solidifying material to form silica inter-particle connections between adjacent nanoparticles and between at least some of the nanoparticles and the substrate to bind the nanoparticles to each other and to the substrate to form the antireflective coating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2020
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Applicant: WattGlass, Inc.
    Inventors: Corey S. Thompson, Robert A. Fleming, Brennen M. Freiburger
  • ANTIREFLECTIVE NANOPARTICLE COATINGS AND METHODS OF FABRICATION
    Publication number: 20170334771
    Abstract: Antireflective nanoparticle coatings and methods of forming the coatings on substrates are disclosed. One method for forming an antireflective coating includes depositing a nanoparticle coating layer on a substrate, wherein the nanoparticle coating layer includes a colloidal solution of nanoparticles and a solidifying material. The solidifying material includes a silica precursor. The method further includes curing the solidifying material to form silica inter-particle connections between adjacent nanoparticles and between at least some of the nanoparticles and the substrate to bind the nanoparticles to each other and to the substrate to form the antireflective coating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2017
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Inventors: Corey S. Thompson, Robert A. Fleming, Brennen M. Freiburger
  • ANTIREFLECTIVE COATING FOR GLASS APPLICATIONS AND METHOD OF FORMING SAME
    Publication number: 20160005886
    Abstract: One aspect of the disclosure is directed to a method for forming an antireflective coating on a substrate, which includes providing a polymer solution and a silica solution, depositing the polymer solution on a surface of the substrate to forming a polymer film thereon, depositing the silica solution on the formed polymer film on the substrate to form a silica film thereon, thereby forming a stack structure having the silica film formed on the polymer film that is, in turn, formed on the substrate, and drying the stack structure to form the antireflective coating on the substrate, wherein the antireflective coating comprises silica nanoparticles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2014
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Inventors: Min Zou, III, Corey Thompson, Robert A. Fleming