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from the MSEL Annual Report 1997:  

PATENTS

FY 1997

PENDING

STRATEGIC THRUST PROGRAM SUBJECT
Advanced Materials Dental and Medical Materials Improved Monomers for Double Ring-Opening Polymerization with Expansion

J. Stansbury (Polymers)

Application No. NIST 90-030D (11/2/90)

PTO 08/273,753 (7/12/94)

Advanced Materials Dental and Medical Materials Pre-Ceramic Polymers in Fabrication of Ceramic Composites

J. Antonucci (Polymers), one other (non-NIST)

Application No. NIST 95-006 (10/26/94)

PTO 08/487,557 (6/7/95)

Advanced Materials Dental and Medical Materials Ultra-Low Temperature Neck Bonding Process

J. Antonucci (Polymers), one other (non-NIST)

Application No. NIST 96-031

PTO 08/660,000 (6/7/96)

Advanced Materials Dental and Medical Materials Photoinitiators for Free-Radical and Cationic Polymerization

J. Antonucci, J. Stansbury (Polymers), one other (non-NIST)

Application No. NIST 95-015

PTO 08/611,786 (3/6/96)

 

Advanced Materials Dental and Medical Materials Acid Assisted Cold Welding and Intermetallic Formation and Dental Applications Thereof

C. Johnson (Metallurgy), five others (non-NIST)

Application No. NIST 95-037D

Advanced Materials Thin Film Measurements and Standards The Synthesis of Fine Powder Polycrystalline Bi-Se-Te-, Bi-Sb-Te, and Bi-Sb-Se-Te Alloys for Thermoelectric Applications

J. Ritter (Ceramics), one other (non-NIST)

Application No. NIST 96-016PA

Advanced Materials Other Methods for Welding Cryogenic Alloys

T. Siewert, C. McCowan (Materials Reliability)

Application No. NIST 95-048D (7/31/95)

Advanced Materials Other Friction and Wear Resistant Coating for Titanium and its Alloys

S. Hsu (Ceramics), one other (non-NIST)

Application No. NIST 94-031 (5/3/94)

PTO 08/455,212 (5/31/95)

Advanced Processing Ceramic Machining A Chemically Assisted Diamond Machining Process Using Alcohols

R. Gates, S. Hsu (Ceramics), three others (non-NIST)

Application No. NIST 96-022PA

Advanced Processing Intelligent Processing of Materials Acoustic Resonator for Measuring Force

G. Alers, W. Johnson (Materials Reliability), one other (non-NIST)

Application No. NIST 95-017

Advanced Processing Intelligent Processing of Materials Methods for Welding Cryogenic Alloys

C. McGowan, A. Clark (Materials Reliability), one other (non-NIST)

PTO 08/531,254

Advanced Processing Intelligent Processing of Materials Texture Measurements Using Reverse Geometry X-Ray Diffraction

W. Dube, D. Fitting, T. Siewert (Materials Reliability)

NIST 97-026

Advanced Processing Intelligent Processing of

Materials

Prevention of Contact Melting in Arc Welding

T. Siewert, R. Madigan, T. Quinn (Materials Reliability)

Application No. NIST 93-057

PTO 08/226,040

Advanced Processing Intelligent Processing of

Materials

Sensing of Constant Voltage Gas Metal Arc Welding Process Characteristics to Welding Process Control

T. Quinn, B. Madigan (Materials Reliability)

Application No. NIST 95-044PA

Advanced Processing Intelligent Processing of Materials Methods for Welding Cryogenic Alloys

C. McGowan, A. Clark (Materials Reliability), one other (non-NIST)

PTO 08/531,254

Advanced Processing Polymer Composites Non-Destructive Method for Determining the Extent of Cure of a Polymerizing Material and the Solidification of a Thermoplastic Polymer Based on Wavelength Shift of Fluorescence

F. Wang, R. Lowry, C. Lin (Polymers)

Application No. NIST 95-011 (1/9/95)

PTO 08/389,823 (2/15/95)

 

 

STRATEGIC THRUST PROGRAM SUBJECT
Advanced Processing Ultrasonic Characterization of Materials Electromagnetic Acoustic Transducer and Methods of Determining Physical Properties of Cylindrical bodies Using an Electromagnetic Acoustic Transducer

W. Johnson, G. Alers (Materials Reliability), one other (non-NIST)

Application No. NIST 94-004 (10/13/93)

PTO 08/285,018 (8/2/94)

Advanced Processing Ultrasonic Characterization of Materials Apparatus and Method for Monitoring Casting Process

T. Siewert, W. Dube, D. Fitting (Materials Reliability)

PTO 08/407,699

Advanced Processing Ultrasonic Characterization of Materials Wall Thickness and Flaw Detection Apparatus and Method for Gas Pipelines

W. Dube, C. Fortunko (Materials Reliability) three others (non-NIST)

PTO 08/330,592

Advanced Processing Ultrasonic Characterization of Materials Non-Contact Method and Apparatus for Inspection of Inertia Welds

S. Schaps, A. Clark (Materials Reliability), one other (non-NIST)

PTO 08/651,254

Advanced Processing Other Alcohols Used for Diamond Machining of Materials

S. Hsu (Ceramics)


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