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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 1978
Filed:
Aug. 03, 1976
Applicant:
Inventor:
Arthur D Dickson, St. Paul, MN (US);
Assignee:
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B / ; H05B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
313503 ; 313509 ; 313511 ; 428209 ;
Abstract
A flexible electroluminescent device and a preform for use therein, in which the device includes a body of electroluminescent particles in a flexible resin sandwiched between electrode layers, one of which is substantially transparent. The substantially transparent electrode is provided as a preform comprising a transparent polymeric substrate, a transparent conductive thin-film, preferably including transmission enhancing dielectric layers, a conductive film extending along the length of a narrow portion of the transparent thin-film and a contact means which also extends along the length of the conductive film.