PATENTS





1.   Method for Droplet Stream Manufacturing 
      Inventors: Melissa Orme and E.P. Muntz 
     United States Patent No. 5,171,360  12/15/92 

2.   Method and Apparatus of Droplet Stream Manufacturing
      Inventors: Melissa Orme and E.P. Muntz
      United States Patent No.  5,226,948    7/13/93

3.   Method of Time Dependent Droplet Formation 
      Inventors: Melissa Orme and E.P. Muntz
     United States Patent No. 5,259,593   11/09/93 

4.   Method and Apparatus of Time Dependent Droplet Formation 
      Inventors: Melissa Orme and E.P. Muntz
     United States Patent No. 5,340,090   08/23/94

5.   Jet Soldering System and Method (I)
      Inventors:  Melissa Orme and E.P. Muntz
     United States Patent No. 5,894,980   4/20/99

6,   Jet Soldering System and Method (II) 
      Inventors:  Melissa Orme and E.P. Muntz
     United States Patent No. 5,894,985   4/20/99

7.   High Speed Jet Soldering System  (I) 
      Inventors: E.P. Muntz, M.E. Orme, G. Pham-Van-Diep, R. Balog 
     United States Patent No. 5,938,102  8/17/99 

8.   High Speed Jet Soldering System  (II) 
      Inventors: M.E. Orme, E.P. Muntz, G. Pham-Van-Diep, R. F. Jr. Smith
     United States Patent No.  6,186,192  2/13/01 

9.   High Speed Jet Soldering System (III) 
      Inventors: G. Pham-Van-Diep, E.P. Muntz, H. Watts, W. Johnson, M. Main, R.F.
      Smith jr, & M.E. Orme
      United States Patent No. 6,224,180  5/1/01

10. High Speed Jet Soldering System (IV) 
      Inventors: E.P. Muntz, M.E. Orme, G. Pham-Van-Diep, R.  Balog
      United States Patent No. 6,264,090  7/24/01

11. Jet Soldering System and Method  (V) 
      Inventors:  H. Watts, M. Orme, E.P. Muntz, G. Pham-Van-Diep, R. Smith Jr.,
      R. Balog, G. Freeman
      United States Patent No. 6, 276, 589  8/21/01

12. High-Speed Fabrication of Highly Uniform Ultra-Small Micro-Metallic Spheres
      Inventors:  Melissa Orme and Robert Smith
      United States Patent No. 6,491,737 12/10/02

13. High-Speed Direct Circuit Board Writing
      Inventors:  Melissa Orme and Robert Smith
      United States Patent No. 6,520,402  2/18/03

14.  High-Speed Fabrication of Highly Uniform Micro-Metallic Spheres
       Inventors:  Melissa Orme and Robert Smith
       United States Patent No. 6,562,099  5/13/03 

15.  Robust Droplet Generation by Periodic Transverse Disturbances 
       Inventors:  Melissa Orme and Robert Smith
       filed application  7/2002
 












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