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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:
Oct. 28, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Thomas J. Pennaz, Champlin, MN (US);
Gary R. Tucholski, N. Royalton, OH (US);
Steven A. Mogensen, Lakeville, MN (US);
Assignee:
Morgan Adhesives Company, Stow, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 1/62 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 1/62 ;
Abstract
The present invention is an EL lamp structure that provides multidirectional light emission from the structure through the use of transparent front and rear electrode layers in the EL lamp structure. By utilizing various printing and depositing methods for the structural component layers of the EL lamp, light emission can be provided from the front and back surfaces of an EL lamp structure as well as a surface of a three-dimensional object.