Patents by Inventor Steve Sheard

Steve Sheard 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).

  • Publication number: 20120040175
    Abstract: Methods for coating a substrate are disclosed, the methods comprising providing a substrate, providing pre-formed nanoparticles of an inorganic material, providing at least one precursor of a first metal oxide, and depositing a coating on at least one surface of the substrate by contacting the surface with the precursor of the metal oxide and pre-formed nanoparticles. Also disclosed are substrates coated using such a method. The coated substrates are coloured. Preferably the metal oxide is a doped metal oxide to modify the thermal properties of the coating. The preferred nanoparticles are of platinum group metals or coinage metals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2010
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Inventors: Simon James Hurst, Troy Manning, Peter Dobson, Steve Sheard, Peter Bishop, Ivan Parkin