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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:
Apr. 15, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2003
Applicants:
Gregory P. Schmitz, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Michael B. Heaney, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Eric J. Shrader, Belmont, CA (US);
Inventors:
Gregory P. Schmitz, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Michael B. Heaney, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Eric J. Shrader, Belmont, CA (US);
Assignee:
Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 5/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present exemplary embodiment relates to the use of electronic display materials for electric paper applications. It utilizes an elastomeric ground plane to render electric paper applications more flexible than has been heretofore realized. In other forms, all layers of the electric paper are formed with elastomeric material to provide further flexibility and stretchability.