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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:
Feb. 21, 2017

Filed:

Jul. 23, 2013
Applicant:

3m Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);

Inventors:

Brian T. Weber, Saint Paul, MN (US);

Qingbing Wang, Woodbury, MN (US);

Patrick M. Campbell, Saint Paul, MN (US);

Glenn E. Casner, Woodbury, MN (US);

Guanglei Du, Saint Paul, MN (US);

John A. Wheatley, Lake Elmo, MN (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/133 (2006.01); G02F 1/1334 (2006.01); G09G 3/00 (2006.01); G02F 1/137 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/1334 (2013.01); G09G 3/00 (2013.01); G02F 1/13718 (2013.01); G02F 2001/13775 (2013.01);
Abstract

A display system includes a switchable display screen comprising a first transparent substrate, a first transparent conductive layer disposed upon the first transparent substrate, a second transparent substrate, and a second transparent conductive layer disposed upon the second transparent substrate. The display screen further includes a polymer-stabilized cholesteric texture layer and spacer elements disposed between and in contact with the first transparent conductive layer and the second conductive layer. The display screen comprises a plurality of addressable regions, each region capable of being switched from a transparent state to a diffuse state.


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