Source: http://www.google.com/patents?pg=PA4&dq=6437692&id=ILXWAAAAEBAJ&output=text
Timestamp: 2013-12-12 03:42:48
Document Index: 731116893

Matched Legal Cases: ['application No. 11', 'application No. 10', 'application No. 08', 'application No. 08', 'application No. 08', 'application No. 60', 'application No. 60', 'application No. 60', 'application No. 60', 'application No. 60', 'application No. 60', 'application No. 60', 'application No. 60', 'application No. 60', 'application No. 60', 'application No. 60', 'application No. 60', 'application No. 60', 'application No. 60', 'application No. 60', 'application No. 60', 'application No. 60', 'application No. 60', 'application No. 60', 'application No. 60', 'application No. 60', 'application No. 60', 'application No. 60', 'application No. 60', 'application No. 60', 'application No. 60', 'application No. 60', 'application No. 60', 'application No. 60', 'application No. 60', 'application No. 60']

Patent US7791789 - Multi-color electrophoretic displays and materials for making the same - Google PatentsSearch Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »Advanced Patent Search | Page images | Sign inAdvanced Patent SearchPatentsNovel addressing schemes for controlling electronically addressable displays include a scheme for rear-addressing displays, which allows for in-plane switching of the display material. Other schemes include a rear-addressing scheme which uses a retroreflecting surface to enable greater viewing angle...http://www.google.com/patents/US7791789?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US7791789 - Multi-color electrophoretic displays and materials for making the sameMulti-color electrophoretic displays and materials for making the same Jonathan D. Albert et alOverviewAbstractDrawingsDescriptionClaims Patent number: 7791789Filing date: May 9, 2008Issue date: Sep 7, 2010Application number: 12/117,974 Page imagesPDF
US007791789B2
(12) United States Patent ao) Patent No.: Us 7,791,789 B2
Albert et al. (45) Date of Patent: *Sep. 7,2010
(54) MULTI-COLOR ELECTROPHORETIC
DISPLAYS AND MATERIALS FOR MAKING THE SAME (75) Inventors: Jonathan D. Albert, Philadelphia, PA (US); Barrett Comiskey, Shanghai (CN); Joseph M. Jacobson, Newton Centre, MA (US); Libing Zhang, Sharon, MA (US); Andrew Loxley, Philadelphia, PA (US); Robert D. Feeney, Scituate, MA (US); Paul S. Drzaic, Morgan Hill, CA (US); Ian D. Morrison, Acton, MA (US) (73) Assignee: E Ink Corporation, Cambridge, MA (US)
(21) Appl.No.: 12/117,974
(22) Filed: May 9, 2008
US 2009/0040594 Al Feb. 12, 2009
(63) Continuation of application No. 11/970,811, filed on Jan. 8,2008, which is a continuation of application No. 10/729,044, filed on Dec. 5,2003, now Pat. No. 7,352, 353, which is a continuation of application No .09/140, 860, filed on Aug. 27, 1998, now Pat. No. 6,710,540, which is a continuation-in-part of application No. 08/504,896, filed on Jul. 20,1995, now Pat. No. 6,124, 851, and a continuation-in-part of application No. 08/983,404, filed on Mar. 26, 1999, now Pat. No. 7,106,296, and a continuation-in-part of application No. 08/935,800, filed on Sep. 23, 1997, now Pat. No. 6,120,588.
(60) Provisional application No. 60/057,716, filed onAug. 28, 1997, provisional application No. 60/057,122,
G02B 26/00 (2006.01) G09G 3/34 (2006.01) (52) U.S. CI 359/296; 345/107
(58) Field of Classification Search 359/296;
345/107; 430/32; 204/600 See application file for complete search history.
U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS 3,036,388 A 5/1962 Tate (Continued)
FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS EP 0 281 204 A2 9/1988
Primary Examiner—William C Choi
(74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm—David J. Cole
filed on Aug. 28, 1997, provisional application No. 60/057,798, filed on Aug. 28, 1997, provisional appli- cation No. 60/057,799, filed on Aug. 28, 1997, provi- sional application No. 60/057,163, filed on Aug. 28, 1997, provisional application No. 60/057,118, filed on Aug. 28, 1997, provisional application No. 60/059, 358, filed on Sep. 19, 1997, provisional application No. 60/059,543, filed on Sep. 19, 1997, provisional application No. 60/065,529, filed on Nov. 13, 1997, provisional application No. 60/065,630, filed on Nov. 18, 1997, provisional application No. 60/065,605, filed on Nov. 18, 1997, provisional application No. 60/066,147, filed on Nov. 19, 1997, provisional appli- cation No. 60/066,245, filed on Nov. 20, 1997, provi- sional application No. 60/066,246, filed on Nov. 20, 1997, provisional application No. 60/066,115, filed on Nov. 21, 1997, provisional application No. 60/066, 334, filed on Nov. 21, 1997, provisional application No. 60/066,418, filed on Nov. 24, 1997, provisional application No. 60/070,940, filed on Jan. 9, 1998, pro- visional application No. 60/071,371, filed on Jan. 15, 1998, provisional application No. 60/072,390, filed on Jan. 9, 1998, provisional application No. 60/070,939, filed on Jan. 9, 1998, provisional application No. 60/070,935, filed on Jan. 9, 1998, provisional applica- tion No. 60/074,454, filed on Feb. 12, 1998, provi- sional application No. 60/076,955, filed on Mar. 5, 1998, provisional application No. 60/076,959, filed on Mar. 5, 1998, provisional application No. 60/076,957, filed on Mar. 5, 1998, provisional application No. 60/076,978, filed on Mar. 5, 1998, provisional appli- cation No. 60/078,363, filed on Mar. 18, 1998, provi- sional application No. 60/083,252, filed on Apr. 27, 1998, provisional application No. 60/085,096, filed on May 12, 1998, provisional application No. 60/090, 223, filed on Jun. 22,1998, provisional application No. 60/090,232, filed on Jun. 22, 1998, provisional appli- cation No. 60/092,046, filed on Jul. 8, 1998, provi- sional application No. 60/092,050, filed on Jul. 8, 1998, provisional application No. 60/093,689, filed on Jul. 22, 1998, provisional application No. 60/057,133, filed on Aug. 28, 1997. (56) References Cited
Croucher, M.D., et al., "Electrophoretic Display: Materials as Related to Performance", Photog. Sci. Eng., 25, 80 (1981). Dalisa, A., "Electrophoretic Display Technology", Proceed- ings of the SID (1977). Drzaic, P., et al., "A Printed and Rollable Bistable Electronic Display", SID 98 Digest (1998), p. 1131. Egashira,. N., et al., "Solid electrochromic cell consisting of Lu-diphthalocyanine and lead fluoride", Proceedings of the SID, 28, 227 (1987). Fitzhenry, B., "Optical effects of adsorption of dyes on pigment used in electrophoretic image displays", Appl. Optics., 18, 3332 (1979).
Fitzhenry-Ritz, B., "Optical Properties of Electrophoretic Image Displays", Proceedings of the S.I.D., 22, 300 (1981). Goodman, L.A., Passive Liquid Displays: Liquid Crystals, Electrophoretic s andElectrochromics, Proceedings of S.I.D., 17, 30(1976).
Jin et al., "Optically Transparent, Electrically Conductive Composite Medium", Science, 255, 446 (1992). Lee, L.L., "Fabrication of Magnetic Particles Displays", Pro- ceedings of the SID, 18, 283 (1977). Lewis et al., "Gravitational, Inter-Particle and Particle-Electrode Forces in the Electrophoretic Display", Proceedings of the SID, 18, 235 (1977).
Murau, P., et al., "The understanding and elimination of some suspension instabilities in an electrophoretic display", J. Appl. Phys, 49, 4820 (1978).
O'Regan, B. et al., "A Low Cost, High-efficiency Solar Cell Based on Dye-sensitized colloidal Ti02 Films", Nature, vol. 353, Oct. 24, 1991, 773-740.
Ota, I., et al., "Electrophoretic Image Display (EPID) Panel", Proceedings of the IEEE, 61, 832 (1973). Pankove, "Color Reflection Type Display Panel", Rca Tech- nical Notes, Mar. 1962, No. 535. Saitoh, M., et al., "A newly developed electrical twisting ball display", Proceedings of the SID, 23, 249 (1982). Sheridon, N. K., et al., "The Gyricon - a Twisting Ball Dis- play", Proceedings of the SID, 18, 289 (1977). Vance, D.W., "Optical Characteristics of Electrophoretic Dis- plays", Proceedings of the SID, 18, 267 (1977). Vaz, N. A., et al., "Dual-frequency addressing of polymer- dispersed liquid-crystal films", J. Appl. Phys., 65, 5043 (1989). Yang, Y., et al., "Anew architecture for polymer transistors", Nature, 372, 344 (1994).