Patents by Inventor Stefan Prot

Stefan Prot 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).

  • Method of manufacturing a patterned conductor
    Patent number: 9801284
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a patterned conductor is provided, comprising: providing a substrate, comprising: a base material with an electrically conductive layer disposed thereon; providing an electrically conductive layer etchant; providing a spinning material, comprising: a carrier; and, a photosensitive masking material; providing a developer; forming a plurality of masking fibers and depositing them onto the electrically conductive layer to form a plurality of deposited fibers; patterning the plurality of deposited fibers to provide a treated fiber portion and an untreated fiber portion; developing the plurality of deposited fibers, wherein either the treated fiber portion or the untreated fiber portion is removed, leaving a patterned fiber array; contacting the electrically conductive layer to the electrically conductive layer etchant, wherein the electrically conductive layer that is uncovered by the patterned fiber array is removed, leaving a patterned conductive network on the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Tamara Dikic, Michael A. De Graaf, Christophe Brault, Stefan Prot, C A Torfs-Van Cotthem
  • METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A PATTERNED CONDUCTOR
    Publication number: 20170142842
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a patterned conductor is provided, comprising: providing a substrate, comprising: a base material with an electrically conductive layer disposed thereon; providing an electrically conductive layer etchant; providing a spinning material, comprising: a carrier; and, a photosensitive masking material; providing a developer; forming a plurality of masking fibers and depositing them onto the electrically conductive layer to form a plurality of deposited fibers; patterning the plurality of deposited fibers to provide a treated fiber portion and an untreated fiber portion; developing the plurality of deposited fibers, wherein either the treated fiber portion or the untreated fiber portion is removed, leaving a patterned fiber array; contacting the electrically conductive layer to the electrically conductive layer etchant, wherein the electrically conductive layer that is uncovered by the patterned fiber array is removed, leaving a patterned conductive network on the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2015
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Inventors: Tamara Dikic, Michael A. De Graaf, Christophe Brault, Stefan Prot, C A. Torfs-Van Cotthem