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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7440159 | Electrophoretic display and method of displaying images An electrophoretic display medium includes one or more set of colored particles in a dielectric fluid, and wherein at least one of the one or more set of particles are particles having thereon at least one polyelectrolyte coating. The display medium is included in a... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7436577 | Display medium, display device and display method using the display medium The present invention provides a display medium comprising a display layer which selectively displays white or black color, and a light-modulating layer provided on the display layer including mobile fine particles which show coloration in a dispersed state, a displ... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7436379 | Reversible image display medium Disclosed is a reversible image display medium which can be repeatedly used and can display high quality images, in which cells between the two substrates accommodate a dry developer containing at least two kinds of frictionally chargeable dry developing particles h... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7432028 | Polymeric charge transport compositions This invention relates to a novel organophotoreceptor that includes: (a) a charge transport composition comprising molecules having the formula ... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7426074 | Electrophoretic display medium and display device An electrophoretic display medium includes one or more set of colored particles in a dielectric fluid, wherein at least one of the one or more set of particles comprise colored particles having attached to an external surface thereof surface treated additive particl... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7419912 | Laser patterning of light emitting devices Light extraction features are provided for a light emitting device having a substrate and a semiconductor light emitting element on the substrate by shaping a surface of a layer of semiconductor material utilizing a laser to define three dimensional patterns in the ... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7414776 | Electrophoretic display including display medium containing gelling agent for image stability A display medium for an electrophoretic display device includes a liquid system, at least one thermally reversible gelling agent, and at least one set of particles exhibiting a color. Inclusion of the gelling agent enables an image formed in the display device at an... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7414775 | Contrast enhancement in multichromal display by incorporating a highly absorptive layer A display member having improved optical contrast and brightness. The display member includes bichromal capsules, an absorptive layer, an adhesive layer, a substrate and a top layer. The bichromal capsules form a close-packed monolayer configuration positioned on th... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7411719 | Electrophoretic medium and process for the production thereof A two-phase electrophoretic medium comprises a continuous phase and a discontinuous phase. The discontinuous phase comprises a plurality of droplets, each of which comprises a suspending fluid and at least one particle disposed within the suspending fluid and capabl... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7408698 | Portable display device using electrophoretic display A portable display device includes a flexible electrophoretic display, a circuit board electrically connected to the display, and a base receiving and securing the display and the circuit board therein. The display includes a pair of electrodes for providing an elec... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7408697 | Display device and method for manufacturing the same, and electronic apparatus A display device including: a first substrate having a pixel electrode; a second substrate having a common electrode; a microcapsule sandwiched between the first substrate and the second substrate; and a display material changing its optical characteristic in respon... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7403325 | Electrophoretic display device An electrophoretic display device includes a multiplicity of individual reservoirs containing a display medium between conductive substrates, at least one of which is transparent, wherein the display medium includes one or more set of colored particles in a dielectr... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7397597 | Electrophoretic display panel An electrophoretic display panel for displaying a picture has a pixel having an electrophorectic medium having first and second charged particles, the first charged particles having a first optical property, the second charged particles having a second optical prope... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7391555 | Non-spherical cavity electrophoretic displays and materials for making the same Disclosed herein are novel electrophoretic displays and materials useful in fabricating such displays. In particular, novel encapsulated displays are disclosed. Particles encapsulated therein are dispersed within a suspending, or electrophoretic, fluid. This fluid m... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7385751 | Process for imagewise opening and filling color display components and color displays manufactured thereof This invention relates to the field of electrophoretic displays. In particular, it relates to imagewise opening, filling and sealing multicolor display components and the manufacture of multicolor displays. ... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7382514 | Core-shell particles for electrophoretic display The invention relates to electrophoretic displays comprising core-shell pigment particles having a core of low specific gravity and low refractive index and a shell of high refractive index. ... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7375875 | Electrophoretic media and processes for the production thereof A first electrophoretic medium comprises an electrically charged particle suspended in a suspending fluid, the particle having a polymeric shell having repeating units derived from at least one monomer the homopolymer of which is incompatible with the suspending flu... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7365900 | Electrophoretic sheet, electrophoretic device, method for manufacturing electrophoretic device, and electronic apparatus An electrophoretic sheet, comprises: a substrate having a first side; a microcapsule contained layer having a second side and a third side facing the second side, the second side being disposed on the first side of the substrate, the layer including: a microcapsule;... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7352502 | Electrophoretic particle, process for its production, and its use An electrophoretic particle including: a pigment particle having an average particle diameter of 1 μm or smaller; and a polymer layer having an average thickness of 1 to 500 nm formed on a surface of the pigment particle, wherein 50% or higher of an entire surface ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7352984 | Electrophotographic endless belt, electrophotographic apparatus having electrophotographic endless belt, and process for producing electrophotographic endless belt An electrophotographic endless belt containing a polyamide resin, carbon black and a filler, characterized in that the polyamide resin is at least one resin selected from the group consisting of polyamide 610, polyamide 612, polyamide 11 and polyamide 12, the filler... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7352503 | Two-particle electrophoretic ink for microencapsulated flexible electronic display Exemplary electrophoretic ink capsules for electrophoretic displays, and methods for making the exemplary electrophoretic ink capsules are disclosed. In various embodiments, the electrophoretic ink capsules can include triboelectrically charged electrophoretic parti... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7352501 | Electrophoretic caps prepared from encapsulated electrophoretic particles Articles and methods for making capsules that include a cap of electrophoretic material suspended in a dielectric fluid are disclosed. The cap of electrophoretic material and dielectric fluid are encapsulated in a shell that forms the capsule. The cap may be moved t... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7349147 | Electrophoretic display medium containing solvent resistant emulsion aggregation particles An electrophoretic display medium includes one or more set of colored particles in a dielectric fluid, wherein at least one of the one or more set of particles comprise poly(meth)acrylate/hydrophilic monomer) emulsion aggregation polymer particles such as poly(methy... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7339715 | Processes for the production of electrophoretic displays A coating of an encapsulated electrophoretic medium is formed on a substrate (106) by dispersing in a fluid (104) a plurality of electrophoretic capsules (102), contacting at least a portion of a substrate (106) with the fluid (104... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7327511 | Light modulators Various improvements in electrophoretic media and displays intended for use in light modulators are described. These improvements include index matching of the suspending fluid to a continuous phase surrounding the fluid, index matching of a capsule wall to a binder... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7324263 | Electrophoretic multi-color display device The electrophoretic multi-color display device has a plurality of cells (10, 10′, 10″, . . . ) with an electrophoretic medium (14) and pixel electrodes (11, 11′, 11″, . . . ) for selecting a subgroup of cells. A color filter array (13... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7321460 | Particle for display device, method for manufacturing particle for display device, image display medium and image forming apparatus The invention provides particles for a display device having a positively or negatively chargeable property and color, and the particles have an abundance ratio of amorphous particles with a major axis to minor axis length ratio of approximately 1.2 or greater is ap... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7319554 | Display medium, display device and display method The invention provides a display medium including: a pair of substrates facing one another, at least one of the substrates being transparent; electrodes provided at opposing surfaces of the pair of substrates; and a light modulating layer disposed between the pair o... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7307779 | Transmissive E-paper display In accordance with the invention, there are systems for electronic paper, apparatus for electrophoretic display, and methods of making an electrophoretic display. The system for electronic paper can comprise a light transmissive electret substrate comprising a gradi... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7304634 | Rear electrode structures for electrophoretic displays Novel 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 surfa... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7286281 | Electrophoretic display and method of manufacturing thereof A electrophoretic display is provided, which includes: a thin film transistor array panel including a plurality of data lines having a plurality of source electrodes and a plurality of drain electrodes, a plurality of organic semiconductor islands at least covering ... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7280266 | Electrophoretic display medium and device An electrophoretic display medium includes at least one set of colored particles in a dielectric fluid, wherein the display medium has an electrical conductivity of about 10−11 to about 10−15 S/m. The display medium is included in an electr... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7271947 | Electrophoretic display with dual-mode switching The present invention relates to an improved EPD which comprises both the traditional up/down switching and the in-plane switching modes. The monochrome EPDs of the present invention are capable of displaying highlight color of choice which is different from the te... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7267913 | Recording material and image forming method An image forming method is disclosed, comprising (a) imagewise exposing a recording material comprising on a support an image forming layer containing colored electrophoretic particles and a photopolymerizable compositon to light to perform photocuring and (b) apply... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7265895 | Microcapsule for electrophoretic display device, process for manufacturing the same and use thereof An object of the present invention is to provide a microcapsule for an electrophoretic display device which can suppress reduction in later contrast even when the electrophoretic display device is allowed to stand under the high temperature and high humidity conditi... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7262901 | Electrophoretic device, method of manufacturing the same, and electronic apparatus An electrophoretic device includes barrier walls that contact a first and second substrate to form a plurality of cubicles (spaces) arranged in a matrix shape for containing an electrophoretic dispersion liquid. A series of cubicles communicate with each other throu... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7255737 | Organic formulations of pigment The present invention is directed to pigment formulations comprising at least one metal complex of an azo compound which in the form of its tautomeric structures generally conforms to the formula (I) The inventio... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7256766 | Electrophoretic display comprising optical biasing element The invention features an electrophoretic display element. The display element includes an electrophoretic display medium, an optical biasing element to modify an optical characteristic of the electrophoretic display element, and an addressing electrode to address t... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7252918 | Hot-roller fixing toner for developing electrostatically charged images This invention relates to a toner for developing an electrostatically charged image of a heat roller type copier or printer, the toner consisting essentially of a binder resin, a colorant and a charge control agent, in which the binder resin at least includes a poly... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7245417 | Process for producing display device An electric display device of the type wherein a liquid is disposed in a space defined by a substrate, a spacer disposed on the substrate, and a sealing film disposed on an upper end portion of the spacer is produced through a process including a step of disposing a... | 07/17/2007 |
