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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. 22, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 18, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Matthew E. Howard, San Francisco, CA (US);
David K. Biegelsen, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Daniel G. Bobrow, Palo Alto, CA (US);
L. Charles Hebel, Cupertino, CA (US);
Jock D. Mackinlay, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Nicholas K. Sheridon, Los Altos, CA (US);
Alexander E. Silverman, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Assignee:
Xerox Corporation, Stamford, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G 3/34 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G 3/34 ;
Abstract
Selected regions of an electronically modifiable display are fixed while other regions are left electronically modifiable. The selected regions are fixed by various methods including subjecting the selected regions to heat, light or pressure. In some embodiments, the fixed regions are reversibly fixed so that changes can be made to the fixed regions.