Patents by Inventor Samuel Lawhorne, Jr.

Samuel Lawhorne, Jr. 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 producing an improved quality electrolessly deposited nickel layer
    Patent number: 4407860
    Abstract: A method of providing a stress-free metal layer by electroless plating techniques, including the steps of (1) providing a substrate that includes some glass material in at least the surface areas to receive a metal layer, (2) depositing a layer of metal-boron by electroless plating techniques, and (3) heating the resultant metal-boron layer in a non-reacting and/or H.sub.2 environment at a temperature of at least 750.degree. C. for a time sufficient to diffuse the boron to the glass material in the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 1981
    Date of Patent: October 4, 1983
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Rebecca P. Fleming, Samuel Lawhorne, Jr., John J. Mele, Chandrika Prasad