Patents by Inventor Royce Groff

Royce Groff 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).

  • Patent number: 10303057
    Abstract: Various polycycloolefinic polymers containing phenolic pendent groups and compositions thereof useful for forming self-imageable films encompassing such polymers are disclosed. Such polymers encompass norbornene-type repeating units containing phenolic pendent groups which contain very low levels of fluorine containing monomers. The films formed from such polymer compositions provide self imageable, low-k, thermally stable layers for use in microelectronic and optoelectronic devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: PROMERUS, LLC
    Inventors: Edmund Elce, Royce Groff
  • Publication number: 20180329299
    Abstract: Various polycycloolefinic polymers containing phenolic pendent groups and compositions thereof useful for forming self-imageable films encompassing such polymers are disclosed. Such polymers encompass norbornene-type repeating units containing phenolic pendent groups which contain very low levels of fluorine containing monomers. The films formed from such polymer compositions provide self imageable, low-k, thermally stable layers for use in microelectronic and optoelectronic devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2018
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Inventors: EDMUND ELCE, ROYCE GROFF
  • Patent number: 10054854
    Abstract: Various polycycloolefinic polymers containing phenolic pendent groups and compositions thereof useful for forming self-imageable films encompassing such polymers are disclosed. Such polymers encompass norbornene-type repeating units containing phenolic pendent groups which contain very low levels of fluorine containing monomers. The films formed from such polymer compositions provide self imageable, low-k, thermally stable layers for use in microelectronic and optoelectronic devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: PROMERUS, LLC
    Inventors: Edmund Elce, Royce Groff
  • Patent number: 9932432
    Abstract: Various cycloolefinic/maleic anhydride/maleimide polymers and compositions thereof useful for forming self-imageable films encompassing such polymers are disclosed. Such polymers encompass norbornene-type repeating units, maleimide repeat units and maleic anhydride-type repeating units where at least some of such maleic anhydride-type repeating units have been ring-opened. The films formed from such polymer compositions provide self imageable, low-k, thermally stable layers for use in microelectronic and optoelectronic devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: PROMERUS, LLC
    Inventors: Edmund Elce, Royce Groff
  • Publication number: 20170097566
    Abstract: Various polycycloolefinic polymers containing phenolic pendent groups and compositions thereof useful for forming self-imageable films encompassing such polymers are disclosed. Such polymers encompass norbornene-type repeating units containing phenolic pendent groups which contain very low levels of fluorine containing monomers. The films formed from such polymer compositions provide self imageable, low-k, thermally stable layers for use in microelectronic and optoelectronic devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2016
    Publication date: April 6, 2017
    Inventors: EDMUND ELCE, ROYCE GROFF
  • Patent number: 9562124
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polynorbornene (PNB) composition embodiments that are useful for forming microelectronic and/or optoelectronic devices and assemblies thereof, and more specifically to compositions encompassing PNBs having norbornene-type repeating units that are polyether functionalized and an additive package containing a phenolic antioxidant and a diaryl amine synergist, and the microelectronic and/or optoelectronic devices made therefrom are resistant to thermo-oxidative chain degradation of said polyether functionalization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignees: PROMERUS, LLC, SUMITOMO BAKELITE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Christopher Apanius, Andrew Bell, Cheryl Burns, Crystal Cyrus, Edmund Elce, Royce Groff, Sridevi Kaiti, Brian Knapp, Hendra Ng, Seishi Ohashi, Wei Zhang
  • Publication number: 20160326292
    Abstract: Various cycloolefinic/maleic anhydride/maleimide polymers and compositions thereof useful for forming self-imageable films encompassing such polymers are disclosed. Such polymers encompass norbornene-type repeating units, maleimide repeat units and maleic anhydride-type repeating units where at least some of such maleic anhydride-type repeating units have been ring-opened. The films formed from such polymer compositions provide self imageable, low-k, thermally stable layers for use in microelectronic and optoelectronic devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2016
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Inventors: EDMUND ELCE, ROYCE GROFF
  • Publication number: 20160319060
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polynorbornene (PNB) composition embodiments that are useful for forming microelectronic and/or optoelectronic devices and assemblies thereof, and more specifically to compositions encompassing PNBs having norbornene-type repeating units that are polyether functionalized where such the PNBs of such compositions and the microelectronic and/or optoelectronic devices made therefrom are resistant to thermo-oxidative chain degradation of said polyether functionalization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2016
    Publication date: November 3, 2016
    Applicants: PROMERUS, LLC, SUMITOMO BAKELITE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: CHRISTOPHER APANIUS, ANDREW BELL, CHERYL BURNS, CRYSTAL CYRUS, EDMUND ELCE, ROYCE GROFF, SRIDEVI KAITI, BRIAN KNAPP, HENDRA NG, SEISHI OHASHI, WEI ZHANG
  • Patent number: 9425404
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polynorbornene (PNB) composition embodiments that are useful for forming microelectronic and/or optoelectronic devices and assemblies thereof, and more specifically to compositions encompassing PNBs having norbornene-type repeating units that are polyether functionalized and an additive package containing a phenolic antioxidant and a synergist, and the microelectronic and/or optoelectronic devices made therefrom are resistant to thermo-oxidative chain degradation of said polyether functionalization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignees: PROMERUS, LLC, SUMITOMO BAKELITE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Christopher Apanius, Andrew Bell, Cheryl Burns, Crystal Cyrus, Edmund Elce, Royce Groff, Sridevi Kaiti, Brian Knapp, Hendra Ng, Seishi Ohashi, Wei Zhang