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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7355783 | Printer wiper for printing on bichromal or multi-colored electronic paper An electronic display includes an electronic display material having two opposing outer surfaces, wherein at least one of the outer surfaces is at least partially covered in a plurality of spaced-apart charge-retaining islands comprised of a conductive material with... | 04/08/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7265894 | Bi-directional printer wiper for printing on bichromal or multi-colored electronic paper An electric display system includes electric display material having two opposing outer surfaces, wherein at least one of the outer surfaces is at least partially covered in a plurality of spaced apart, charge-retaining islands comprised of a conductive material wit... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7259744 | Dielectrophoretic displays A dielectrophoretic display comprises a substrate having walls defining at least one cavity, the cavity having a viewing surface and a side wall inclined to the viewing surface; a suspending fluid contained within the cavity; a plurality of at least one type of part... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7236292 | Components and methods for use in electro-optic displays A front plane laminate useful in the manufacture of electro-optic displays comprises, in order, a light-transmissive electrically-conductive layer, a layer of an electro-optic medium in electrical contact with the electrically-conductive layer, an adhesive layer and... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7233429 | Electrophoretic display This invention relates to an electrophoretic display comprising cells of well-defined shape, size and aspect ratio which cells are filled with charged pigment particles dispersed in a solvent, and novel processes for its manufacture. ... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7223672 | Processes for forming backplanes for electro-optic displays A non-linear element is formed on a flexible substrate by securing the substrate to a rigid carrier, forming the non-linear element, and then separating the flexible substrate from the carrier. The process allows flexible substrates to be processed in a conventional... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7170670 | Electrophoretic medium and display with improved image stability An electrophoretic medium comprises a plurality of particles suspended in a suspending fluid, the particles being capable of moving through the fluid upon application of an electric field to the medium, the fluid having dissolved or dispersed therein a polymer havin... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7148128 | Electronically addressable microencapsulated ink and display thereof We describe a system of electronically active inks which may include electronically addressable contrast media, conductors, insulators, resistors, semiconductive materials, magnetic materials, spin materials, piezoelectric materials, optoelectronic, thermoelectric o... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7121647 | Method of applying an encapsulant material to an ink jet printhead A stencil printed encapsulant material is provided for use in protecting electrical components in thermal ink jet printhead cartridges. A method of applying an encapsulant material to an ink jet print cartridge by stencil printing is also provided. The method includ... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7118838 | Method, apparatus and media for displaying information An apparatus for forming an image using an electrophoretic particle suspension containing media including: a transitioner for sufficiently lowering a viscosity of the suspension to facilitate mobility of at least some of the electrophoretic particles; and, imaging e... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7030854 | Apparatus for displaying drawings A first apparatus for displaying drawings comprises a housing having an aperture, a drawing sheet comprising electro-optic material movable through the aperture between closed and open positions, and a writing device for writing on the sheet as it moved between its ... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7012600 | Methods for driving bistable electro-optic displays, and apparatus for use therein A bistable electro-optic display has a plurality of pixels, each of which is capable of displaying at least three gray levels. The display is driven by a method comprising: storing a look-up table containing data representing the impulses necessary to convert an ini... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7002728 | Electrophoretic particles, and processes for the production thereof Copper chromite particles can advantageously be used as black particles in electrophoretic media and displays. Preferably, the copper chromite particles are coated with a silica coating and a polymer coating. ... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6958848 | Capsules, materials for use therein and electrophoretic media and displays containing such capsules An encapsulation material, intended for use in encapsulated electrophoretic displays, comprises the coacervation product of a polyanionic polymer having a vinyl main chain and a plurality of anionic groups bonded to the main chain, with a cationic or zwitterionic wa... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6950220 | Electro-optic displays, and methods for driving same The invention relates to electro-optic displays and methods for driving such displays. The invention provides (i) electrochromic displays with solid charge transport layers; (ii) apparatus and methods for improving the contrast and reducing the cost of electrochromi... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6947202 | Electrophoretic display with sub relief structure for high contrast ratio and improved shear and/or compression resistance This invention relates to an electrophoretic display comprising isolated cells of well-defined shape, size and aspect ratio which cells have internal sub relief structures and are filled with charged pigment particles dispersed in a dielectric solvent. The display s... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6947203 | Electrophoretic dispersion, electrophoretic display device, method of manufacturing electrophoretic display device, and electronic system To provide an electrophoretic dispersion capable of reducing or preventing the aggregation of electrophoretic particles, an electrophoretic display device using the electrophoretic dispersion, a method of manufacturing the electrophoretic display device, and an elec... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6927893 | Electrophoretic device In order to form an electrophoretic layer containing microcapsules at a desired region readily and accurately, a region having lyophobicity is formed on a member, and a microcapsule dispersion is then applied onto the member. ... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6882463 | Particles for electrophoretic display and electrophoretic display apparatus using them Electrophoretic displaying particles are provided. The particle is comprised of a resin and pigment granules enclosed therein. The pigment granules have an average particle size ranging from 0.1 μm to 20 μm, and the granule diameter distribution has two or more fr... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6865012 | Electrophoretic display and novel process for its manufacture This invention relates to an electrophoretic display comprising cells of well-defined shape, size and aspect ratio which cells are filled with charged pigment particles dispersed in a solvent, and novel processes for its manufacture. ... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6853477 | Particles for electrophoresis, a production method thereof and a display using the particles Electrophoretic particles for electrophoretic display having excellent dispersibility and dispersion stability with time for insulating media, and being protected against coagulation, settling and the like, a process for production of the electrophoretic particles h... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6800410 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus has at least a photoconductor, a charger, and an irradiator for irradiating a light for optically writing in on the photoconductor to form a latent electrostatic image using a process for electrophotography in which a resolution of the opt... | 10/05/2004 |
| 6795229 | Electrophoretic display with sub relief structure for high contrast ratio and improved shear and/or compression resistance This invention relates to an electrophoretic display comprising isolated cells of well-defined shape, size and aspect ratio which cells have internal sub relief structures and are filled with charged pigment particles dispersed in a dielectric solvent. The display s... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6781745 | Electrophoretic display with gating electrodes An electrophoretic display comprising at least one in-plane gating electrode. The gating electrode(s) provide a gating effect, which raises the effective threshold voltage to prevent the undesired movement of the charged particles in the cells. The design of the inv... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6753999 | Electrophoretic displays in portable devices and systems for addressing such displays A card may include a photoconductive layer and an electrophoretic layer. The impedance of the photoconductive layer is lowered when struck by light from the light-emitting layer. Where the impedance of the photoconductive layer is lowered, the electrophoretic layer ... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6729924 | Process for producing display device An electrophoretic display device is provided with an improved display quality by distributing an electrophoretic liquid mixture containing electrophoretic particles to respective pixels in substantially equal amounts, thereby obviating a display density fluctuation... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6727881 | Encapsulated electrophoretic displays and methods 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... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6704133 | Electro-optic display overlays and systems for addressing such displays A display overlay includes a contrast media layer and a photoconductive layer disposed between two electrodes. Light from an emissive display strikes the photoconductive layer and lowers the impedance of the photoconductive layer at the point at which the... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6671081 | Electrophoretic device, method for driving electrophoretic device, circuit for driving electrophoretic device, and electronic device An electrophoretic display device 20A includes a first substrate 1 having a first electrode 3, a second substrate 2 having a transparent electrode 4, and a electrophoretic dispersion liquid 10 filled in the space between the electrodes 3 and 4, wherein at... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6656662 | Method of forming a polymer molecule chain This invention relates to a method of forming a polymer chain of a desired length in a thin film comprising a monomer having a multiple bond in a desired position. This invention is a method of polymerizing a monomer to form the polymer chain by applying ... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6400492 | Electrophoretic display liquid, and electrophoretic display medium, method and device using the liquid An electrophoretic display liquid including a dispersion medium, a first granular material having one or more hollows therein and a color and a second granular material having a color different from the color of the first granular material. When an imagew... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6365307 | Apparatus and method for assessing a photoreceptor An ionic medium, e.g., an ionic liquid, gel-like solid, etc., contacts a photoreceptor, e.g., as used in xerography etc., in order to charge and/or discharge the photoreceptor. A measuring device, e.g., an electrometer or current meter, measures at least ... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6067185 | Process for creating an encapsulated electrophoretic display 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. T... | 05/23/2000 |
| 5998008 | Developer carrying member, comprising a coat layer containing a conductive particle and a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compound developing apparatus, developing method, image forming apparatus, and process cartridge A developer carrying member is comprised of a substrate and a coat layer which covers the surface of the substrate. The coat layer contains at least a binder resin, conductive spherical particles having a number average particle diameter of from 0.3 μm t... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5970287 | Charging device for charging charged body in non-contact state A low-cost non-contact type charging device having excellent uniform charging performance and long stable charging characteristic includes an insulating support body having an insulating surface, first electrodes, to which a first voltage is applied, and ... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5956550 | Method and device for preventing formation of background image in electrophotographic image forming apparatus An electrophotographic image forming apparatus prevents the formation of a background image. The apparatus includes a photosensitive drum with a ground plate, and a power supply for applying a negative voltage to the ground plate in the case where the app... | 09/21/1999 |
| 5665497 | Image recording method Electric discharge between a photosensitive member and a charge retaining medium is ON/OFF controlled by changing the gas pressure between these two members, so that it is possible to effect image recording in a state where a DC voltage is applied. Accord... | 09/09/1997 |
| 5580688 | Methods for enhanced-contrast printing with ferroelectric materials Various processes for enhancing the contrast between image and non-image regions of a printed image are implemented by increasing the toner-accepting charge on the surface of a printing form having a ferroelectric layer and from which the image is printed... | 12/03/1996 |
| 5450189 | Electrophotographic imaging with toners of opposite sign electrical charge A system and method for electrophotographic printing an image with a plurality of toners, where the plurality of toners includes toners that are attracted to either a first charge potential or a second charge potential. The electrophotographic system incl... | 09/12/1995 |
