Patents by Inventor Thomas A. Kodenkandath

Thomas A. Kodenkandath 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).

  • Oxide films with nanodot flux pinning centers
    Publication number: 20050159298
    Abstract: A method for producing a thin film includes disposing a precursor solution onto a substrate to form a precursor film. The precursor solution contains precursor components to a rare-earth/alkaline-earth-metal/transition-metal oxide including a salt of a rare earth element, a salt of an alkaline earth metal, and a salt of a transition metal in one or more solvents, wherein at least one of the salts is a fluoride-containing salt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2004
    Publication date: July 21, 2005
    Inventors: Martin Rupich, Thomas Kodenkandath, Wei Zhang, Xiaoping Li
  • Precursor solutions and methods of using same
    Publication number: 20040071882
    Abstract: Superconductor precursor solutions are disclosed. The precursor solutions contain, for example, a salt of a rare earth metal, a salt of an alkaline earth metal and a salt of a transition metal. The precursor solutions can optionally include a Lewis base. The precursor solutions can be processed relatively quickly to provide a relatively thick and good quality intermediate of a rare earth metal-alkaline earth metal-transition metal oxide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2003
    Publication date: April 15, 2004
    Applicant: American Superconductor Corporation, a Delaware corporation
    Inventors: Martin W. Rupich, Thomas A. Kodenkandath
  • Precursor solutions and methods of using same
    Publication number: 20020056401
    Abstract: Superconductor precursor solutions are disclosed. The precursor solutions contain, for example, a salt of a rare earth metal, a salt of an alkaline earth metal and a salt of a transition metal. The precursor solutions can optionally include a Lewis base. The precursor solutions can be processed relatively quickly to provide a relatively thick and good quality intermediate of a rare earth metal-alkaline earth metal-transition metal oxide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2001
    Publication date: May 16, 2002
    Inventors: Martin W. Rupich, Thomas A. Kodenkandath