...that after Parker Brothers executives turned down the game of Monopoly because it had "52 fundamental errors" (including taking too long to play), a copy of the game wound up in the home of the company president who stayed up until 1 a.m. to finish playing it? He was so impressed by the game that the next day he wrote to inventor Charles Darrow and offered to buy it!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7548019 | Electroluminescence panel An electroluminescence panel having an electroluminescence element in each pixel, wherein the electroluminescence element comprises an emissive element layer having at least a light emitting function between a reflective film and a semi-transmissive film which is pr... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7548020 | Organic EL display device having certain relationships among constituent element refractive indices An organic EL display device having a supporting substrate; and an organic EL element including an organic luminescent medium sandwiched between a lower electrode and an upper electrode thereon. Various relationships are indicted among the refractive indices of the ... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7548021 | OLED device having improved light output An organic light-emitting diode (OLED) device, comprising: first and second transparent electrodes, and one or more layers of organic material formed between the first and second transparent electrodes, the layers of organic material including one or more light-emit... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7545095 | Electroluminescent display device The invention is directed to an electroluminescent display device in which a first planarization insulating film need not be used so that a manufacturing cost reduces, and a display defect caused by a cut in an organic EL layer or moisture absorption at a step porti... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7545097 | Organic electroluminescence device and method for manufacturing same An organic electroluminescence device includes a substrate; first electrodes arranged on the luminous portion of the substrate in a single direction; an insulating layer pattern formed on the first electrodes and the substrate in a lattice shape to define plural pix... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7545096 | Trans-reflective organic electroluminescent panel and method of fabricating the same A trans-reflective organic electroluminescent panel comprises a substrate, several controlling components and displaying regions formed on the substrate. The displaying regions are electrically connected to the controlling components, and each display region has a t... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7541738 | Display unit and manufacturing method thereof A display unit in which viewing angle characteristics such as color shift and luminance unevenness depending on the viewing angle are improved and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. A display unit includes a driving panel having a plurality of light emitti... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7538489 | Full-color active matrix organic electroluminescent device, fabrication method thereof and electronic devices employing the same A full-color active matrix organic electroluminescent device and fabrication method thereof. The full-color active matrix organic electroluminescent device includes a substrate with a plurality of TFTs, a buffer layer formed on the substrate beyond the TFTs, a color... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7538488 | Flat panel display A display includes: a display area adapted to form an image with display devices arranged on a substrate; a sealing portion adapted to seal at least the display area with a sealant arranged along an outer edge portion of the display area; and a driving power supply ... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7538490 | Light emitting apparatus A light emitting apparatus having light emitting devices having a stack of a light-transmitting anode, a functional layer including at least a light emitting layer, and a cathode for a plurality of pixels corresponding to red, green, and blue colors on a substrate, ... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7535169 | Organic electroluminescent device, method for producing the same, and electronic appliance To provide an organic electroluminescent device that has a uniform brightness distribution and inhibits parasitic capacitance occurring between switching elements, such as thin-film transistors, and a cathode to achieve good display characteristics, a method for pro... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7535170 | Light emitting device having light reflector with plurality of openings A light-emitting device is disclosed with improved luminance even with increased arrangement density of a reflector regardless of a light-emitting region. The disclosed device includes a reflector between an electrode for extracting light from a layer including a lu... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7535168 | Light-emitting diode, lighting device and method of manufacturing same A light-emitting diode comprises a chip emitting visible light of a first wavelength, a light-emitting surface and a phosphor layer provided on the light-emitting surface. Said phosphor layer is capable of converting light of the first wavelength to visible light of... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7535171 | System and method for total light extraction from flat-panel light-emitting devices A system and method for improving light extraction from luminescent devices such as light-emitting flat-panel displays (for example, light-emitting diode (OLED) flat-panel displays) or flat panel lamps. The system includes a material with negative index of refractio... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7528544 | Flat panel display having specific configuration of driving power supply line A flat panel display device includes a display region formed on a substrate, the display region having a gate electrode, a source electrode, a drain electrode, and a self-emission device with two electrodes, and displaying a predetermined image; a covering member to... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7528545 | Color organic OLED device An OLED device comprising an anode and a cathode spaced from the anode, two EL units disposed between the anode and cathode, such EL units being in contact with each other and each having at least one light emitting layer; and each EL unit further includes a p-type ... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7521862 | Light emitting device including luminescent ceramic and light-scattering material A ceramic body comprising a wavelength converting material is disposed in the path of light emitted by the light emitting region of a semiconductor structure comprising a light emitting region disposed between an n-type region and a p-type region. A layer of transpa... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7521861 | Electroluminescence element An electroluminescence element includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and a light emission layer arranged between the first electrode and the second electrode. The first electrode is formed of a material having a higher volume resistivity than that of the m... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7521860 | Organic electro-luminescence display with multiple protective films An organic electro-luminescence display including a substrate, a plurality of white light electro-luminescence devices, a first protecting film, a second protecting film and a third protecting film is provided. The white light electro-luminescence devices are dispos... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7518308 | Active matrix electroluminescence device and method for fabricating the same An active matrix electroluminescence device and a method for fabricating the same for enhancing electrical characteristics of a wire are disclosed. The method includes forming a wire on a non-emissive area of a substrate, and forming transistors on an emissive area ... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7514864 | Light-emitting device with enhanced homogeneity of image quality and operating speed of the driver circuit A light-emitting device having the quality of an image high in homogeneity is provided. A printed wiring board (second substrate) (107) is provided facing a substrate (first substrate) (101) that has a luminous element (102) formed thereon. A PW... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7511420 | Light emitting display suppressing color variations due to viewing angle A light emitting display includes light-emitting devices in which unnecessary layers for the emission operation of the light-emitting device are removed in an emission region, and in a case where a wavelength of a light, of which an interference intensity to the lig... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7511421 | Mixed metal and organic electrode for organic device To provide an electrode for an organic device which can be widely applied to organic devices by having both hole injection function and electron injection function. A carrier injection electrode layer 110 in which a metal for electron injection 112 (a ... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7511422 | Organic electroluminescent element with specific structure connecting luminescent regions and organic electroluminescent device including the same An organic electroluminescent element includes a plurality of luminescent regions. Each luminescent region has a first electrode that is transparent and a second electrode. Each luminescent region has an organic layer that is sandwiched between the first electrode a... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7511419 | Luminescent panel having a reflecting film to reflect light outwardly which is shaped to condense the reflected light A luminescent panel includes a transparent substrate, a first transparent electrode provided on the transparent substrate, a luminescent layer provided on the first transparent electrode, and a second transparent electrode provided on the luminescent layer. A reflec... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7508127 | Multicolor light-emitting device A multicolor light-emitting device includes a plurality of organic EL devices each having two or more different luminescent colors. The multicolor light-emitting device includes a plurality of organic EL devices each having an organic compound layer including a ligh... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7508128 | Electroluminescent device with barrier layer structure, method for manufacturing the same, and electronic apparatus The invention provides a low-profile electroluminescent (EL) device, a method for manufacturing the same, and a low-profile electronic apparatus. The EL device can include first electrodes, EL layers disposed on the first electrodes, a second electrode to cover the ... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7508129 | Surface mount LED In a surface mount LED, circuit patterns can be formed on selective portions of the bottom and inner circumferential surfaces of a recess in a substrate in which an LED chip is mounted. A sealant material composed of a light transmissive resin can be applied to cove... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7504772 | Light-emitting diode array A light-emitting diode array comprising a conductive layer formed on a substrate, separate light-emitting portions formed on the conductive layer, a first electrode formed on at least part of an upper surface of each light-emitting portion, and a second electrode fo... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7501756 | Organic light emitting display An organic light emitting display which is constructed with a TFT substrate having an insulating substrate and a TFT that has at least a source electrode and a drain electrode, a lower electrode formed on the TFT substrate and connected to one of source/drain electr... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7495388 | Display device, and method of manufacturing the display device A display device and a method of manufacturing the display device include a substrate having a first region and a second region disposed at a peripheral portion of the first region. The substrate includes a plurality of first electrodes disposed on the first region ... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7495389 | Organic light emitting element including auxiliary electrode, display device including the same and method for manufacturing the organic light emitting element An organic EL element includes a substrate, a plurality of first electrodes which are arranged on the substrate in a matrix configuration, a wall-like insulating layer which is formed on the substrate, organic light emitting layers which are formed on the first elec... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7492092 | Self-emitting element, display panel, display apparatus, and method of manufacturing self-emitting element A display panel includes a light-emitting layer, a protective layer, a reflective layer, and a reflective surface. The protective layer is deposited on an emitting side of the light-emitting layer and forms an interface with an external medium. The protective layer ... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7492096 | Flat panel display device capable of reducing or preventing a voltage drop and method of fabricating the same A top-emitting organic light-emitting device can prevent a voltage drop by electrically coupling a cathode bus line to a cathode electrode. A method for fabricating the same is also disclosed. The flat panel display device comprises an insulating substrate having a ... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7492095 | Double-sided light emitting device A double-sided light emitting device including lower and upper substrates, an emission element formed between an inner surface of the upper substrate and an inner surface of the lower substrate and emitting predetermined light, an upper layer of polarizing material ... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7492094 | Photoluminescence quenching device and display using photoluminescence quenching devices A display having a hole barrier layer and/or a electron barrier layer, whereby the hole barrier layer and/or the electron barrier layer are disposed between an emitter layer and a first electrode layer or a second electrode layer of the display. The highest occupied... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7489075 | Double-sided light emitting organic electroluminescence display device having a reflection layer and fabrication method thereof The present invention relates to a both-side light emitting organic EL display device including a reflection film having an opening and a first electrode formed on the reflection film and in the opening. An organic layer is formed on the first electrode, and a secon... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7489074 | Reducing or eliminating color change for microcavity OLED devices In an embodiment of the invention, a microcavity OLED device that minimizes or eliminates color change at different viewing angles is fabricated. The OLED device can be, for example, an OLED display or an OLED light source used for area illumination. This OLED devic... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7486017 | Display device A display device includes a substrate, a display portion formed on the substrate, an upper layer which covers the display portion, and a gas barrier layer provided between at least a part of the substrate and the display portion. The gas barrier layer is positioned ... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7486018 | Organic electro-luminescence display device and fabricating method thereof There are disclosed an organic electro luminescence display device that is adaptive for preventing its light emitting efficiency and picture quality from being deteriorated, and a fabricating method thereof. An organic electro luminescence display device acco... | 02/03/2009 |