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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:
Sep. 12, 2000
Filed:
Dec. 24, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Nippon Oil Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
359266 ; 359267 ; 359273 ; 359452 ; 252511 ; 25251933 ; 428195 ;
Abstract
An electrode for an electrochromic device is disclosed having an electrically conductive substrate and a plurality of capacitive members arranged on the substrate, each of the capacitive members containing fine particles bound together with a binder, the fine particles having electric capacity of not less than 1 farad/g, the binder in the capacitive member having degree of swelling of not higher than 20 mass % when measured after the binder in the capacitive member is immersed in .gamma.-butyrolactone at 25.degree. C. for 24 hours. Also disclosed is an electrochromic device having the above electrode as a counterelectrode, an electrochromic electrode, and an electrolyte interposed therebetween.