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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:
Jan. 18, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 08, 2005
Applicants:
Andrew J. Steckl, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Jason C. Heikenfeld, New Richmond, OH (US);
Inventors:
Andrew J. Steckl, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Jason C. Heikenfeld, New Richmond, OH (US);
Assignee:
University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/07 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention relates to light transmissive, transflective, or reflective flat panel display devices and, more specifically, to light emissive flat panel displays constructed from high performance electrowetting light valve (ELV) devices (-). An array of ELV devices (-) is mounted on or adjacent to a backlight (), employing a reflector () allowing for improved transmission. The backlight () may be partially diffusely reflective or translucent as to also allow for creation of a transflective display panel.