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...Chester Carlson was a patent agent who tired of having to make multiple copies of patent applications using the only duplication method available at the time: carbon paper. In 1959 he came up with a new copying system and took it to IBM for evaluation. The "experts" at IBM determined potential sales to be only 5,000 units because people wouldn't want to use a bulky machine when they had carbon paper. Carlson's invention was the xerography process, the company founded on the system is Xerox.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8137767 | Antireflective film, polarizing plate and image display device An antireflective film is provided and includes: a transparent substrate; at least one conductive layer formed from a composition including at least one transparent conductive polymeric material and a compound forming a cross-liking site, the compound having a plura... | 03/20/2012 |
| 7645497 | Multi-layer conductor with carbon nanotubes The present invention is directed to an electronically conductive article comprising at least one conductive carbon nanotube layer in contact with at least one conductive layer comprising electronically conductive polymer. ... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7601406 | Nano-powder-based coating and ink compositions Nano-powder-based coating and ink compositions, methods for producing and using these compositions, and articles prepared from these compositions are described. ... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7550183 | Method for manufacturing conductive element substrate, conductive element substrate, method for manufacturing liquid crystal display, liquid crystal display and electronic information equipment A method for manufacturing a liquid crystal display which employs an active matrix substrate including a plurality of pixels arranged in matrix on a substrate and reflecting electrodes formed in the pixels, respectively. The method comprises (a) a laminated conducti... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7413766 | Antistatic optical film, method for manufacturing the same and image viewing display An antistatic optical film comprising an antistatic layer laminated on at least one side of an optical film, wherein the antistatic layer comprises a water soluble or a water dispersible conductive polymer, has excellent antistatic effect, optical characteristics an... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7361379 | Method of registering a spacer with a conducting track A method of producing a relief structure on a patterned conductor comprises the steps of; coating a layer of conductive material onto a transparent substrate, coating a layer of metal onto the layer of conductive material, coating a layer of photoresist onto the lay... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7357965 | Liquid crystal alignment layer A method of making a liquid crystal alignment layer comprising the steps of: (i) providing a layer on a substrate, the layer comprising a polythiophene according to formula (I): wherein R1 and R2 each ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7309531 | El device The present invention relates to an EL device which is driven with a lower voltage or power amount, which is superior in interface stability between layers in the device and which has a higher luminance as compared with the use of a conventional electrode, and is ch... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7301279 | Light-emitting apparatus and method of manufacturing the same A light-emitting apparatus of the present invention includes: a first electrode formed on an insulating surface; a first insulating layer covering an end portion of the first electrode and having a tapered edge; a second insulating layer formed on the first electrod... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7217445 | Aligned liquid crystal layer containing Lewis acids and process for increasing the tilt Disclosed is a multilayer film comprising a substrate bearing an aligned liquid crystal layer wherein the liquid crystal layer contains a Lewis acid. Such a film is useful for aligning a liquid crystal material to an increased tilt angle. ... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7214405 | Method of making a liquid crystal alignment layer A method of making a liquid crystal alignment layer comprising the steps of: (i) providing a layer on a substrate, the layer comprising a polythiophene according to formula (I): wherein R1 and R2 ... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7193360 | Self light emitting display device and information equipment employing the same In a self light emitting display device of the present invention, a first electrode 3 for example formed of a thin film of ITO is formed in a striped pattern on a glass substrate 2, and a film of a light emission functional layer 6 is formed the... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7158142 | Display contrast adjustment method and device having display contrast adjustment function An information processing apparatus controls display contrast of a display screen based on a stored display contrast value. The information processing apparatus includes a display screen, an input unit for inputting data, a storage unit for storing a display contras... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7118787 | Liquid crystal alignment layer There is provided a liquid crystal alignment layer comprising an alignment layer; and chemically bound to said alignment layer, a transport material. Also provided are methods for forming the liquid crystal alignment layer and the use thereof in displays for electro... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7095464 | Liquid crystal display of transmission type A liquid crystal display of transmission type comprises a light source, a polarizing film, a liquid crystal cell and another polarizing film in this order. An optical compensatory sheet is further provided between the liquid crystal cell and the polarizing film on a... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7081941 | Liquid-crystal display device and colored resin substrate There is provided a liquid-crystal display device has at least a liquid-crystal panel which is constituted by a back side substrate having a colored resin substrate with an electrode, a visual side transparent substrate having a transparent electrode, and a reflecti... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7060320 | Transparent conductive film for transparent touch panel, transparent touch panel using transparent conductive film, and method of manufacturing transparent conductive film In a transparent conductive film for use in a transparent touch panel in which a lower electrode and an upper electrode are stacked so as to be spaced from each other by spacers, the transparent conductive film being provided on an electrode substrate of at least on... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7011871 | Charge transport compounds and electronic devices made with such compounds The present invention relates to novel compounds useful as electronic hole transport materials, and to compositions and electronic devices comprising at least one layer containing the compositions. ... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6902815 | Coating liquid for forming colored transparent conductive film, substrate with colored transparent conductive film and method for its production, and display device There is provided a coating liquid for forming a colored transparent conductive film using ruthenium in a fine particle form, which has a satisfactory electromagnetic wave shielding effect, which is excellent in transparency, chemical resistance, and abrasion resist... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6858271 | Conductive organic compound device, conductive liquid crystal device, and organic electroluminescence device A conductive organic compound device structure suitable for constituting an electronic device, such as an organic EL device, is formed by including a pair of oppositely spaced electrodes, and a carrier transporting layer disposed between the electrodes and in contac... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6841654 | Polymide-free alignment layer for LCD fabrication and method An inexpensive polyimide-free alignment layer comprising a mixture of an epoxy and a reactive liquid crystal material is used for fabricating liquid crystal displays (LCDs). The alignment layer can be cast onto a previously aligned layer, without destroying the alig... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6824837 | Liquid crystal switching mechanism The invention provides liquid crystal switching devices, liquid crystal cells made from the switching devices, and electrooptical cells made from the switching devices. The invention further provides methods for methods for changing the orientation of a liquid cryst... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6783697 | Binder-loaded type charge-transport liquid crystal material Disclosed is a binder-loaded type charge-transport liquid crystal material which comprises a liquid crystal compound and a binder and, in spite of the presence of the binder, can substantially retain the properties inherent in the liquid crystal compound. ... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6773766 | Utilization of polymerizable liquid crystal substances for the production of optical components The present invention relates to the use of polymerizable liquid-crystalline compounds for the production of optical elements having color- and polarization-selective reflection, and to optical elements comprising these compounds in monomeric or polymerized form. | 08/10/2004 |
| 6743488 | Transparent conductive stratiform coating of indium tin oxide A transparent electrically conductive device which includes an indium tin oxide film is improved by providing an indium tin oxide film which contains a graded stack of individual indium tin oxide layers wherein the atomic percent of tin in the layers can be individu... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6737127 | Liquid crystal device and organic electroluminescence device using the same An organic electroluminescence device is made to show an improved carrier transporting ability and an improved carrier injecting property by doping a liquid crystal compound having a high degree of carrier mobility without generating any ionic current. The organic e... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6733849 | High-speed charge transport material, production method thereof, photoelectric conversion device and electroluminescence device According to the present invention, a high-speed charge transport material is provided which comprises a polymer of a liquid crystal material which is a triphenylene compound having at least one specific unsaturated group in a molecule. The high-speed charge transpo... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6645579 | Liquid crystal device A liquid crystal device, suitably included in e.g., an organic EL device, is formed of a pair of electrodes and a plurality of layers disposed between the electrodes and including at least one liquid crystal layer. The liquid crystal layer comprises a liq... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6641873 | Method of forming a display using cholesteric material A method of making a display includes providing a transparent support and providing a conductive transparent layer formed thereover; patterning the transparent conductive layer; and coating a soluble layer including liquid crystal material dispersed in a ... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6641937 | Transparent conductive film and process for producing the film The present invention is for a transparent conductive film of nitrogen-containing indium tin oxide 5 nm to 100 μm thick formed on a substrate. The process for producing the transparent film includes exciting the surface of the substrate in a vacuum and d... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6620342 | Narrow composition distribution polyvinylidene fluoride RECLT films, processes, articles of manufacture and compositions The disclosure relates to a reversible, electrically controllable light transmission (RECLT) film, article of manufacture composition, process and product produced by the process, comprising a conductive narrow composition distribution polyvinylidene fluo... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6617018 | Functional film A functional film of the invention includes a microparticulate-containing layer containing functional microparticulates. The microparticulate-containing layer inhibits the occurrence of cracks even when drawn 10%. When the functional film includes a ... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6558759 | Liquid crystal display device A liquid crystal display device is formed with a pair of transparent substrates, each substrate having on one of its surfaces a coating of a transparent electrically conducting material which serves as an electrode. A nematic discotic material is sandwich... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6558573 | Binder-loaded type charge-transport liquid crystal material Disclosed is a binder-loaded type charge-transport liquid crystal material which comprises a liquid crystal compound and a binder and, in spite of the presence of the binder, can substantially retain the properties inherent in the liquid crystal compound.... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6515163 | Hydrogenated phenanthrenes and their use in liquid-crystal mixture The invention concerns hydrogenated phenanthrenes of formula I ##STR1## wherein the parameters have the meanings given in the text and their use in liquid crystal compositions.... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6464904 | Triphenylene derivative, ion-transporting compound electrolyte and ion-transporting method A triphenylene derivative represented by the following formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R1 -R6 independently denote an ethoxy or propoxy group-containing segment having at least two ether oxygen atoms and a terminal group comprising a l... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6350820 | Hydrogenated block copolymers and optical media discs produced therefrom The present invention is directed to a hydrogenated copolymer of a vinyl aromatic and conjugated diene monomer which produces optical media discs having extremely low birefringence.... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6322860 | Plastic substrates for electronic display applications Disclosed is the use of certain polyglutarimides as plastic substrates for use in electronic display applications. These substrates have relatively high Tgs for plastics, and good optical clarity and flatness, with low shrinkage and low birefringence. Als... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6218061 | Ferroelectric charge-transport liquid crystal material There is provided a ferroelectric charge-transport liquid crystal material comprising a liquid crystal compound, the liquid crystal material having a carrier mobility of not less than 10-5 cm2 /Vs. There are further provided an image disp... | 04/17/2001 |
| 6051288 | Fluorine-substituted liquid-crystal compound, liquid-crystal composition and liquid-crystal display device An object of the present invention is to provide a novel liquid crystalline compound having a large dielectric anisotropy, small change in threshold voltage depending on temperature, and an improved solubility to other liquid crystal materials at low temp... | 04/18/2000 |
