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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. 13, 2005
Filed:
Apr. 04, 2003
Applicants:
Dongsheng Mao, Austin, TX (US);
Zvi Yaniv, Austin, TX (US);
Richard Lee Fink, Austin, TX (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
SI Diamond Technology, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J001/304 ; H01J001/30 ; H01J009/02 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention is directed towards metallized carbon nanotubes, methods for making metallized carbon nanotubes using an electroless plating technique, methods for dispensing metallized carbon nanotubes onto a substrate, and methods for aligning magnetically-active metallized carbon nanotubes. The present invention is also directed towards cold cathode field emitting materials comprising metallized carbon nanotubes, and methods of using metallized carbon nanotubes as cold cathode field emitters.