...that to encourage use of his new invention, the shopping cart, market owner Sylvan Goldman hired fake shoppers to push the carts around his store in Oklahoma City? Seems his customers were reluctant to give up their hand-carried baskets.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8129907 | Plasma display panel The plasma display panel includes: a front panel having a front substrate and display electrodes; and a rear panel having a rear substrate, a barrier rib, a data electrode and a phosphor layer. The rear substrate faces the front substrate to form a discharge space t... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8004192 | Black paste and plasma display panel and method for preparation thereof A black paste contains an organic component and an inorganic powder containing a glass powder and a cobalt oxide. A plasma display panel having a black layer made from the black paste, and methods for fabricating the black paste, the plasma display are also provided... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7825596 | Full color surface discharge type plasma display device A full color three electrode surface discharge type plasma display device that has fine image elements and is large and has a bright display. The three primary color luminescent areas are arranged in the extending direction of the display electrode pairs in a succes... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7812537 | Plasma display panel having center electrode A plasma display panel is disclosed. The plasma display panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a first electrode and a second electrode formed on the first substrate, a center electrode and a third electrode. The center electrode includes a plurality ... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7804246 | Plasma display panel with address electrode having projections Each of the column electrodes is divided into an upper electrode portion and a lower electrode portion. The panel surface is made up of an upper panel face facing the upper electrode portion and a lower panel face facing the lower electrode portion. A transverse wal... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7781971 | Conductive composition for black bus electrode, and front panel of plasma display panel The black bus electrode of plasma display panel is formed from a conductive composition comprising a conductive powder, glass powder, organic binder, organic solvent, and black pigment, wherein the conductive powder comprises an alloy of at least two metals selected... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7759867 | Display panel electrode having a protrusion A plasma display panel is provided. The plasma display panel comprises a plurality of first electrodes and a plurality of second electrodes; wherein the first electrodes and the second electrodes cross at a discharge space; wherein prominent electrodes and formed at... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7692386 | Plasma display panel In a plasma display panel first and second substrates are located apart and substantially parallel to each other. A barrier rib layer is located between the first substrate and the second substrate. Discharge cells having various cross-sectional areas are formed wit... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7649317 | Plasma display panel with an improved electrode structure A plasma display device having an improved electrode structure that is capable of improving a contrast of the plasma display panel while decreasing a discharge firing voltage is provided. A plasma display panel according to an embodiment of the invention includes fi... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7638944 | Address electrode structure for plasma display panel A plasma display panel including a first substrate and a second substrate arranged substantially in parallel with each other, barrier ribs arranged between the first and second substrates to define discharge cells, and a phosphor layer arranged in the discharge cell... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7629747 | Plasma display panel having specific electrode structure The invention provides a plasma display panel having improved luminous efficiency. The improved luminous efficiency may result in part from at least the configuration and/or arrangement of facing sustain and scan electrodes. In one embodiment, the electrodes may hav... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7602124 | Plasma display panel (PDP) having improved electrodes structure A Plasma Display Panel (PDP) having enhanced efficiency includes: first and second substrates arranged facing each other and defining a space therebetween partitioned into at least one discharge cell; a phosphor layer arranged in the at least one discharge cell; an ... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7557507 | Electrode and method of manufacture An electrode on a substrate of a plasma display panel has a relatively narrow bus line conductor at an intersection with a pad, and a line width of the pad being wider than a line width of the bus line conductor and substantially narrower than a line width of a wide... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7538492 | Plasma display panel A plasma display panel (PDP) includes a front substrate and a rear substrate arranged opposite to each other, barrier ribs defining a plurality of discharge cells between the front substrate and the rear substrate, address electrodes extending in a first direction t... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7535176 | VUV-excited device with blue-emitting phosphor Blue-emitting phosphors for use with plasma display panels (PDP) or other vacuum ultraviolet-excited (VUV) devices are provided. These blue-emitting phosphors and mixtures thereof include at least a europium-activated calcium-substituted barium hexa-aluminate (CBAL)... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7504775 | Plasma display panel (PDP) A Plasma Display Panel (PDP) has a high aperture ratio of a discharge cell, a high light transmittance, and a high luminous efficiency and a stable and efficient discharge occurs uniformly at a low driving voltage on inner sidewalls of the discharge cell and concent... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7492100 | Plasma display panel having optimally positioned discharge electrodes A high efficiency plasma display panel (PDP) has a discharge cell structure in which front discharge electrodes and rear discharge electrodes are optimally positioned to maximize discharge efficiency and greatly increase light transmittance. The PDP includes: a tran... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7482752 | Plasma display panel with electrode pairs at display and non-display regions, each pair having a different separation gap on each region In a plasma display panel, a space between a pair of sustain electrodes of a non-valid screen is different from a space between a pair of sustain electrodes of a valid screen. Accordingly, when discharges occur, impurities present inside the plasma display panel can... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7479737 | Plasma display panel incorporating non-discharge areas between discharge cells A Plasma Display Panel (PDP) displays images of high image quality by sufficiently exhausting an impurity gas and charging a discharge gas and by preventing cross talk from occurring between discharge cells. The PDP includes a transparent front substrate and a rear ... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7477018 | Plasma display apparatus and driving method thereof A plasma display panel of the present invention preferably reduces the luminance differences over a display area of a panel. The reduction in luminance difference is achieved by at least one of changing distances between corresponding scan electrodes or correspondin... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7462987 | Plasma display panel A plasma display panel including first and second substrates facing each other, a first electrode pair that is arranged on the first substrate and that induces a mutual discharge, and a second electrode pair that is arranged substantially parallel to the first elect... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7459852 | Plasma display panel having different structures on display and non-display areas A Plasma Display Panel (PDP) includes: a front substrate, common scan electrodes arranged on a lower surface of the front substrate, a bus electrode electrically connected to the common and scan electrodes, a rear substrate facing the front substrate, an address ele... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7459853 | Plasma display panel for producing high color temperature white light and upper substrate thereof A plasma display panel, including a lower substrate and an upper substrate, is provided. The lower substrate includes a first substrate, data electrodes, a rib structure and a fluorescent layer. The data electrodes are disposed on the first substrate. The rib struct... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7439674 | Plasma display panel provided with discharge electrodes arranged within upper and lower barrier ribs assemblies A PDP (plasma display panel) includes: a first substrate; a second substrate arranged opposite to the first substrate; first barrier ribs arranged between the first substrate and the second substrate and formed of a dielectric material; second barrier ribs arranged ... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7432654 | Plasma display panel having specific rib configuration A plasma display includes first and second substrates provided opposing one another. A plurality of first electrodes is formed on a surface of the first substrate facing the second substrate. A first dielectric layer is formed covering the first electrodes. A plural... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7431864 | Phosphor, production method thereof and light emitting instrument The present invention aims at providing a blue-aimed phosphor powder which is more excellent in emission characteristic than the conventional rare-earth activated sialon phosphors and which is more excellent in durability than the conventional oxide phosphors. | 10/07/2008 |
| 7432655 | Plasma display panel using color filters to improve contrast A plasma display panel is provided. The plasma display panel includes a front substrate; a rear substrate arranged to face the front substrate, a dielectric layer arranged between the front and the rear substrates and at least a portion of the dielectric layer havin... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7429340 | Phosphor paste composition and method of manufacturing flat display device using the same Provided are a phosphor paste composition, a flat display device including the same, and a method of manufacturing the flat display device. The phosphor paste composition contains a phosphor with at least a heat-resistant material selected from a Group II atom-conta... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7429824 | Plasma display panel electrode system A plasma display panel including address electrodes extending in a first direction, and scanning and sustain electrodes extending in a second direction, the electrodes corresponding to discharge cells. Each of the scanning and sustain electrodes includes a transpare... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7425797 | Plasma display panel having protrusion electrode with indentation and aperture A plasma display panel. A first substrate and a second substrate are provided opposing one another with a predetermined gap therebetween. Address electrodes are formed on the second substrate. Barrier ribs are mounted between the first substrate and the second subst... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7425796 | Plasma display panel and manufacturing method thereof A plasma display panel includes a first substrate and a second substrate provided opposing one another with a predetermined gap therebetween, a plurality of barrier ribs mounted in the gap between the first and second substrates to define a plurality of discharge ce... | 09/16/2008 |
| RE40502 | Plasma display panel and method for manufacturing the same A plasma display panel has a good productivity of partition formation and air exhaustion process and realizes a bright and stable display. A discharge gas is filled in a gap between two substrates. A mesh-patterned partition is arranged on the inner surface of one o... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7423376 | Plasma display device A plasma display device provided with a green color phosphor which is charged entirely with a positive potential, adsorbs only limited amounts of water, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide and hydrocarbon, and not liable to cause chemical reacttion thereto. The green co... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7422503 | Plasma display panel and method of manufacturing the same Disclosed here is a plasma display panel having stable addressing characteristics and a method of manufacturing a plasma display panel having such a reliable structure. According to the plasma display panel and the manufacturing method, on back plate (2) that... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7420329 | Plasma display panel (PDP) A Plasma Display Panel (PDP) includes: an upper substrate; a lower substrate facing the upper substrate; and a plurality of blocks. Each block includes: a barrier rib of a dielectric material adapted to define discharge cells; upper discharge electrodes including up... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7419415 | Glass substrate provided with embossed glass elements A glass substrate including raised glass elements placed over part of an area of the glass substrate, wherein the glass elements are intrinsically incorporated into the glass substrate. Advantageously, the glass substrate is used in a plasma screen for which the fro... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7417374 | Plasma display panel protective layer The plasma display panel includes a substrate, a plurality of electrodes formed on the substrate, a dielectric layer covering the plurality of electrodes, and a protective layer covering the dielectric layer. The protective layer comprises MgO with 0.1 to 3 mol % of... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7411347 | Plasma display panel A plasma display panel includes a first substrate, and a second substrate provided opposing the first substrate and defining a plurality of discharge cells between the first and second substrates. Phosphor layers are respectively formed in the discharge cells. Addre... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7410599 | Stable green phosphor and plasma display panel using the same A green emitting lanthanide aluminate phosphors activated with manganese and alkali halide, and blends thereof, for plasma display panels (PDP) and methods for their preparation are provided. The phosphor has an empirical formula: Ln2-x-yB2... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7411348 | Plasma display panel Disclosed is a plasma display panel. A plasma display panel according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises a front substrate and a rear substrate attached to each other with a predetermined distance therebetween, a plurality of barrier ribs disposed b... | 08/12/2008 |