Patents by Inventor Robert S. Nolan

Robert S. Nolan 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).

  • Thin film electro-optical devices
    Patent number: 4766471
    Abstract: An electro-optical communication device which includes a light transmissive conduit integrally formed to interconnect a light emitter and a light detector. The length over which the light transmissive conduit extends is substantially greater than the size of either the light emitter or the light detector. In the preferred embodiment, the light emitter and the light detector are each formed from amorphous semiconductor alloy material and may be substantially surrounded by the light transmissive conduit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 1986
    Date of Patent: August 23, 1988
    Assignee: Energy Conversion Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Stanford R. Ovshinsky, Robert R. Johnson, Stephen J. Hudgens, Roger W. Pryor, Guy C. Wicker, Robert S. Nolan