Patents by Inventor Uwe Gitter

Uwe Gitter 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).

  • Hydrophilic DLC on substrate with barrier discharge pyrolysis treatment
    Publication number: 20060246218
    Abstract: A substrate is coated with a layer(s) or coating(s) that includes, for example, amorphous carbon in a form of diamond-like carbon (DLC). The DLC is then subjected to barrier discharge treatment (or some other type of plasma treatment) in order to cause the contact angle ? thereof to decrease. In certain example embodiments, an atmospheric plasma is used in the barrier discharge treatment, and the glow discharge produces oxygen radicals which impinge on the DLC and cause the contact angle to decrease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2005
    Publication date: November 2, 2006
    Applicant: Guardian Industries Corp.
    Inventors: Joseph Bienkiewicz, Roland Weidl, Uwe Gitter, Bernd Gruenler