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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.

Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2014

Filed:

Jun. 11, 2012
Applicants:

James D. Butcher, Toledo, OH (US);

Daniel K. Wedding, Toledo, OH (US);

Carol Ann Wedding, Toledo, OH (US);

Oliver M. Strbik, Iii, Holland, OH (US);

Inventors:

James D. Butcher, Toledo, OH (US);

Daniel K. Wedding, Toledo, OH (US);

Carol Ann Wedding, Toledo, OH (US);

Oliver M. Strbik, III, Holland, OH (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 17/49 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A gas discharge device such as a plasma display panel (PDP) device having one or more substrates and a multiplicity of pixels or subpixels. Each pixel or subpixel is defined by a hollow Plasma-shell filled with an ionizable gas. One or more addressing electrodes are in electrical contact with each Plasma-shell. The Plasma-shell may include inorganic and organic luminescent materials including quantum dots that are excited by the gas discharge within each Plasma-shell. The luminescent material, including quantum dots, may be located on an exterior and/or interior surface of the Plasma-shell or incorporated into the shell of the Plasma-shell. Up-conversion and down-conversion materials may be used. The substrate may be rigid or flexible with a flat, curved, or irregular surface. In one embodiment, the Plasma-shell is in the geometric shape of a cube or cuboid.


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