Patents by Inventor Zulfiqar Alam

Zulfiqar Alam 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).

  • Electronic device with plated electrical contact
    Patent number: 9563233
    Abstract: An electronic device includes an electronic component configured to receive electric current and a plated contact electrically coupled to the electronic component and configured to carry the electric current to the electronic component from a system external to the device. The plated contact includes a copper-alloy layer, a platinum-group metal (PGM) layer plated over the copper-alloy layer, and a gold-alloy layer plated over the PGM layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Mark Thomas McCormack, Anthony Allen Fischer, Raj Master, Farah Shariff, Dennis Tom, Zulfiqar Alam
  • ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH PLATED ELECTRICAL CONTACT
    Publication number: 20160048159
    Abstract: An electronic device includes an electronic component configured to receive electric current and a plated contact electrically coupled to the electronic component and configured to carry the electric current to the electronic component from a system external to the device. The plated contact includes a copper-alloy layer, a platinum-group metal (PGM) layer plated over the copper-alloy layer, and a gold-alloy layer plated over the PGM layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2014
    Publication date: February 18, 2016
    Inventors: Mark Thomas McCormack, Anthony Allen Fischer, Raj Master, Farah Shariff, Dennis Tom, Zulfiqar Alam