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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. 09, 2008
Filed:
May. 27, 2003
Applicants:
Mark Thomas Johnson, Eindhoven, NL;
Alexander Victor Henzen, Heerlen, NL;
Hugo Johan Cornelissen, Eindhoven, NL;
Inventors:
Mark Thomas Johnson, Eindhoven, NL;
Alexander Victor Henzen, Heerlen, NL;
Hugo Johan Cornelissen, Eindhoven, NL;
Assignee:
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 26/00 (2006.01); G02F 1/1335 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention relates to an electro-optically active display device, comprising at least one individually addressable pixel, each pixel being provided with an obstructing element (), such as a reservoir light shield, a black matrix or a mirror element. According to the invention, a portion of at least one component is positioned beneath the obstructing element in such a way that the portion is not visible for a viewer of the display device.