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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:
Feb. 18, 2003
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Robert L. Saxe, New York, NY (US);
Assignee:
Research Frontiers Incorporated, Woodbury, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 2/600 ; G02F 1/03 ; G02F 1/00 ; G02F 1/29 ; F21V 9/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 2/600 ; G02F 1/03 ; G02F 1/00 ; G02F 1/29 ; F21V 9/00 ;
Abstract
The invention is directed to the use of anisometrically shaped metal particles in liquid light valve suspensions, light valve films and light valves. The anisometric metal particles may have various geometric shapes including, for example, fibrils, and an average length in the range between about 1 micron and 50 nanometers.