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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:
Aug. 14, 2007
Filed:
May. 10, 2002
Applicants:
Jonathan D. Albert, Cambridge, MA (US);
Barrett Comiskey, Cambridge, MA (US);
Inventors:
Jonathan D. Albert, Cambridge, MA (US);
Barrett Comiskey, Cambridge, MA (US);
Assignee:
E Ink Corporation, Cambridge, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G 3/34 (2006.01); G02B 26/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention features an electrophoretic display element. The display element includes an electrophoretic display medium, an optical biasing element to modify an optical characteristic of the electrophoretic display element, and an addressing electrode to address the electrophoretic display medium. The optical biasing element may include, for example, a distinct layer of material, or may include particles or molecules embedded in a layer of the display element.