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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:
Dec. 08, 1981
Filed:
Oct. 29, 1979
Applicant:
Inventor:
Arthur F Diaz, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F / ; G02F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
350357 ; 252408 ;
Abstract
An electrochromic display device has a polymer film on the display electrode. In the writing step the polymer film on the display electrode is oxidized to a colored, non-transparent form. In the erasing step the polymer film is reduced to a neutral transparent form. A film of polyaniline is used in a preferred embodiment. A film of polypyrrole is used in another embodiment.