Patents by Inventor Sandra RUBSAM

Sandra RUBSAM 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: 10078262
    Abstract: A fluorinated photopolymer composition is disclosed having a branched copolymer provided in a fluorinated solvent. The copolymer includes a branching unit, a first repeating unit having a fluorine-containing group, and a second repeating unit having a solubility-altering reactive group. The branched fluorinated photopolymer composition is particularly suited for the fabrication of organic electronic and bioelectronic devices, or other devices having sensitive active organic materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: Orthogonal, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas Robert Robello, Charles Warren Wright, Diane Carol Freeman, Frank Xavier Byrne, John Andrew DeFranco, Sandra Rubsam, Terrence Robert O'Toole
  • Patent number: 9991114
    Abstract: A method of patterning a device includes forming a fluorinated photopolymer layer over a device substrate. The photopolymer layer has a lower portion proximate the device substrate and an upper portion distal the device substrate. The fluorinated photopolymer layer includes a radiation-absorbing dye and a fluorinated photopolymer having a solubility-altering reactive group. The photopolymer layer is exposed to patterned radiation to form exposed and unexposed areas in accordance with the patterned radiation and a developed structure is formed by removing unexposed areas using a developing agent that includes a first fluorinated solvent. The lower portion of the exposed area of the photopolymer layer has a dissolution rate in the developing agent that is at least 5 times higher than a dissolution rate for the upper portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: ORTHOGONAL, INC.
    Inventors: Douglas Robert Robello, Terrence Robert O'Toole, Frank Xavier Byrne, Diane Carol Freeman, Charles Warren Wright, Sandra Rubsam, Kenneth Nicholas Boblak, Meng Zhao
  • Publication number: 20180031968
    Abstract: A fluorinated photopolymer composition is disclosed having a branched copolymer provided in a fluorinated solvent. The copolymer includes a branching unit, a first repeating unit having a fluorine-containing group, and a second repeating unit having a solubility-altering reactive group. The branched fluorinated photopolymer composition is particularly suited for the fabrication of organic electronic and bioelectronic devices, or other devices having sensitive active organic materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2017
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Inventors: Douglas Robert Robello, Charles Warren Wright, Diane Carol Freeman, Frank Xavier Byrne, John Andrew DeFranco, Sandra Rubsam, Terrence Robert O'Toole
  • Patent number: 9817310
    Abstract: A fluorinated photopolymer composition is disclosed having a branched copolymer provided in a fluorinated solvent. The copolymer includes a branching unit, a first repeating unit having a fluorine-containing group, and a second repeating unit having a solubility-altering reactive group. The branched fluorinated photopolymer composition is particularly suited for the fabrication of organic electronic and bioelectronic devices, or other devices having sensitive active organic materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: Orthogonal, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas Robert Robello, Charles Warren Wright, Diane Carol Freeman, Frank Xavier Byrne, John Andrew DeFranco, Sandra Rubsam, Terrence Robert O'Toole
  • Patent number: 9335636
    Abstract: A photopolymer layer is formed on an organic device substrate and exposed to patterned radiation. The photopolymer layer includes a photopolymer comprising at least a first repeating unit having an acid-catalyzed, solubility-altering reactive group, wherein the total fluorine content of the photopolymer is less than 30% by weight. The pattern exposed photopolymer is contacted with a developing agent, such as a developing solution, to remove unexposed photopolymer, thereby forming a developed structure having a first pattern of exposed photopolymer covering the substrate and a complementary second pattern of uncovered substrate corresponding to the unexposed photopolymer. The developing agent comprises at least 50% by volume of a hydrofluoroether developing solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: ORTHOGONAL, INC.
    Inventors: John Andrew DeFranco, Francis Houlihan, Charles Warren Wright, Diane Carol Freeman, Frank Xavier Byrne, Douglas Robert Robello, Sandra Rubsam, Terrence Robert O'Toole
  • Publication number: 20150331325
    Abstract: A photopolymer layer is formed on an organic device substrate and exposed to patterned radiation. The photopolymer layer includes a photopolymer comprising at least a first repeating unit having an acid-catalyzed, solubility-altering reactive group, wherein the total fluorine content of the photopolymer is less than 30% by weight. The pattern exposed photopolymer is contacted with a developing agent, such as a developing solution, to remove unexposed photopolymer, thereby forming a developed structure having a first pattern of exposed photopolymer covering the substrate and a complementary second pattern of uncovered substrate corresponding to the unexposed photopolymer. The developing agent comprises at least 50% by volume of a hydrofluoroether developing solvent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2015
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Inventors: John Andrew DEFRANCO, Francis HOULIHAN, Charles Warren WRIGHT, Diane Carol FREEMAN, Frank Xavier BYRNE, Douglas Robert ROBELLO, Sandra RUBSAM, Terrence Robert O'TOOLE
  • Patent number: 9122167
    Abstract: A photopolymer layer is formed on an organic device substrate and exposed to patterned radiation. The photopolymer layer includes a photopolymer comprising at least a first repeating unit having an acid-catalyzed, solubility-altering reactive group, wherein the total fluorine content of the photopolymer is less than 30% by weight. The pattern exposed photopolymer is contacted with a developing agent, such as a developing solution, to remove unexposed photopolymer, thereby forming a developed structure having a first pattern of exposed photopolymer covering the substrate and a complementary second pattern of uncovered substrate corresponding to the unexposed photopolymer. The developing agent comprises at least 50% by volume of a hydrofluoroether developing solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: Orthogonal, Inc.
    Inventors: John Andrew Defranco, Francis Houlihan, Charles Warren Wright, Diane Carol Freeman, Frank Xavier Byrne, Douglas Robert Robello, Sandra Rubsam, Terrence Robert O'Toole
  • Patent number: 9104104
    Abstract: A fluorinated photopolymer is formed on a device substrate and exposed to patterned radiation. The photopolymer has a total fluorine content in a weight range of 15 to 60% and comprises at least three distinct repeating units, including a first repeating unit having a fluorine-containing group, a second repeating unit having an acid- or alcohol-forming precursor group, and a third repeating unit different from the first and second repeating units. The pattern-exposed photopolymer layer is contacted with a developing solution comprising at least a first fluorinated solvent that dissolves the unexposed photopolymer thereby forming a developed structure having a first pattern of photopolymer covering the substrate and a complementary second pattern of uncovered substrate. The developing solution is selected to provide a maximum photopolymer contrast in a range of 1.9 to 5.0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: Orthogonal, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles Warren Wright, Diane Carol Freeman, Frank Xavier Byrne, John Andrew DeFranco, Sandra Rubsam, Terrence Robert O'Toole, Douglas Robert Robello
  • Publication number: 20150132699
    Abstract: A fluorinated photopolymer composition is disclosed having a branched copolymer provided in a fluorinated solvent. The copolymer includes a branching unit, a first repeating unit having a fluorine-containing group, and a second repeating unit having a solubility-altering reactive group. The branched fluorinated photopolymer composition is particularly suited for the fabrication of organic electronic and bioelectronic devices, or other devices having sensitive active organic materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2014
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventors: Douglas Robert Robello, Charles Warren Wright, Diane Carol Freeman, Frank Xavier Byrne, John Andrew DeFranco, Sandra Rubsam, Terrence Robert O'Toole
  • Publication number: 20140342287
    Abstract: A fluorinated photopolymer is formed on a device substrate and exposed to patterned radiation. The photopolymer has a total fluorine content in a weight range of 15 to 60% and comprises at least three distinct repeating units, including a first repeating unit having a fluorine-containing group, a second repeating unit having an acid- or alcohol-forming precursor group, and a third repeating unit different from the first and second repeating units. The pattern-exposed photopolymer layer is contacted with a developing solution comprising at least a first fluorinated solvent that dissolves the unexposed photopolymer thereby forming a developed structure having a first pattern of photopolymer covering the substrate and a complementary second pattern of uncovered substrate. The developing solution is selected to provide a maximum photopolymer contrast in a range of 1.9 to 5.0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2014
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Inventors: Charles Warren Wright, Diane Carol Freeman, Frank Xavier Byrne, John Andrew DeFranco, Sandra Rubsam, Terrrence Robert O'Toole, Douglas Robert Robello
  • Publication number: 20140248565
    Abstract: A photopolymer layer is formed on an organic device substrate and exposed to patterned radiation. The photopolymer layer includes a photopolymer comprising at least a first repeating unit having an acid-catalyzed, solubility-altering reactive group, wherein the total fluorine content of the photopolymer is less than 30% by weight. The pattern exposed photopolymer is contacted with a developing agent, such as a developing solution, to remove unexposed photopolymer, thereby forming a developed structure having a first pattern of exposed photopolymer covering the substrate and a complementary second pattern of uncovered substrate corresponding to the unexposed photopolymer. The developing agent comprises at least 50% by volume of a hydrofluoroether developing solvent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2014
    Publication date: September 4, 2014
    Inventors: John Andrew DEFRANCO, Francis HOULIHAN, Charles Warren WRIGHT, Diane Carol FREEMAN, Frank Xavier BYRNE, Douglas Robert ROBELLO, Sandra RUBSAM, Terrence Robert O'TOOLE