Patents Examined by Jimmy Lin
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Patent number: 7744949Abstract: A method of manufacturing a light emitting device of upward emission type and a thin film forming apparatus used in the method are provided. A plurality of film forming chambers are connected to a first transferring chamber. The plural film forming chambers include a metal material evaporation chamber, an EL layer forming chamber, a sputtering chamber, a CVD chamber, and a sealing chamber. By using this thin film forming apparatus, an upward emission type EL element can be fabricated without exposing the element to the outside air. As a result, a highly reliable light emitting device is obtained.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2008Date of Patent: June 29, 2010Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Toshimitsu Konuma, Hiroko Yamazaki
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Patent number: 7744948Abstract: An electroluminescence device includes a tubular first electrode, an electroluminescence layer formed on an inner surface of the first electrode, and a second electrode formed on an inner surface of the electroluminescence layer. A method for manufacturing the electroluminescence device includes: causing the inner surface of the first electrode to be lyophilic with respect to an electroluminescence layer forming liquid; conducting the electroluminescence layer forming liquid into and out of the inside of the first electrode, thereby forming a liquid film of the electroluminescence layer forming liquid on the inner surface of the first electrode, which inner surface is lyophilic with respect to the electroluminescence layer forming liquid; and forming the electroluminescence layer by drying the liquid film of the electroluminescence layer forming liquid formed on the inner surface of the first electrode.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2006Date of Patent: June 29, 2010Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventor: Naoyuki Toyoda
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Patent number: 7740898Abstract: An electroluminescence device includes a tubular first electrode, an electroluminescence layer formed on an inner surface of the first electrode, and a second electrode formed on an inner surface of the electroluminescence layer. A method for manufacturing the electroluminescence device includes: conducting an electroluminescence layer forming liquid into and out of the inside of the first electrode, thereby forming a liquid film of the electroluminescence layer forming liquid on the inner surface of the first electrode; and forming the electroluminescence layer by drying the liquid film of the electroluminescence layer forming liquid formed on the inner surface of the first electrode. This facilitates modification of the size or the shape of the electroluminescence device and thus improves productivity for manufacturing the electroluminescence device.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2006Date of Patent: June 22, 2010Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventor: Naoyuki Toyoda
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Patent number: 7732004Abstract: A dispenser for a liquid crystal display panel includes a table for loading a substrate having at least one image display unit and being horizontally driven in a driving direction of a long side or a short side of the substrate, at least one support member to be horizontally driven in a driving direction perpendicular to the driving direction of the table, and at least one syringe aligned on the support member to supply a dispensing material to the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2004Date of Patent: June 8, 2010Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Soo-Min Kwak, Hae-Joon Son
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Patent number: 7727577Abstract: An apparatus for fabricating a liquid crystal display panel includes a vessel for containing a spacer material, an ink-jet device for jetting the spacer material across a space onto a substrate; and a heater for heating the ink-jet device. A method for fabricating a liquid crystal display panel includes the steps of aligning an ink-jet device filled with a spacer material relative to a substrate of a liquid crystal display device, jetting the spacer material from the ink-jet device across a space onto the substrate and heating the spacer material before the spacer material is jetted from the ink-jet device.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2002Date of Patent: June 1, 2010Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jae Hong Jun, Yong Bum Kim
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Patent number: 7722919Abstract: The present invention is a fabrication method of a light-emitting device characterized by ejecting a solution containing a luminescent material toward an anode or a cathode under a reduced pressure and characterized in that in a duration before the solution is arrived at the anode or the cathode, the solvent in the solution is volatilized, the remaining part of the luminescent material is deposited on the anode or the cathode, and thereby formed a light-emitting layer. By the present invention, a baking process for thickness reduction is not required after applying the solution. Accordingly, it is possible to provide a fabrication method with high throughput although the method is low in cost and simple.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2003Date of Patent: May 25, 2010Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Inc.Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Masakazu Murakami, Ryoji Nomura, Satoshi Seo
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Patent number: 7709050Abstract: A method is disclosed for treating an area on a surface to increase affinity for a fluid including organic light emitting diode (OLED) material.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2004Date of Patent: May 4, 2010Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Curtis L. Nelson, Ravi Prasad
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Patent number: 7695758Abstract: Disclosed herein are novel light-emitting materials of Formula I and II below. These new complexes are synthesized and found to be sufficiently stable to allow sublimation and vacuum deposition. These new emitters are electrophosphorescent and can be used in organic light-emitting devices (OLEDs) for device elements capable of emitting light of color ranging from orange to red with high-efficiency and high-brightness. wherein E=Group 16 elements (including sulphur); M=Group 10 metal (including platinum); R1-R14 are each independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen; halogen; alkyl; substituted alkyl; aryl; substituted aryl, with substituents selected from the group consisting of halogen, lower alkyl and recognized donor and acceptor groups. R1 can also be selected from (C?C)nR15, where (C?C) represents a carbon-carbon triple bond (acetylide group), n is selected from 1 to 10, and R15 is selected from alkyl, aryl, substituted aryl, and tri(alkyl)silyl.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2007Date of Patent: April 13, 2010Inventors: Chi-Ming Che, Wei Lu, Michael Chi-Wang Chan
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Patent number: 7695759Abstract: A bank for defining the regions in which pixels are formed has a stacked structure including: a base layer on the low level which also serves as an interlayer insulating film between the pixel forming regions; a middle bank layer on the middle level which serves to improve the fixation of an organic compound material (i.e., improve the uniformity of the film thickness of a positive hole transporting layer and an electron-transporting light emitting layer) in forming an organic EL layer; and a bank metal layer on the upper level which is made of a conductive material and serves also as a common voltage line (cathode line).Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2007Date of Patent: April 13, 2010Assignee: Casio Computer Co., Ltd.Inventor: Minoru Kumagai
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Patent number: 7691432Abstract: A dispenser for a liquid crystal display panel includes a syringe for applying a dispensing material to a substrate through a nozzle provided at one end portion thereof, a cap unit provided at the other end portion of the syringe, a gas supply unit for supplying a gas to the syringe through a gas pipe penetrating the cap unit, a valve provided in the gas pipe, a detecting unit for detecting a residual quantity of the dispensing material remaining in the syringe through a flow amount of gas supplied from the gas supply unit to the syringe and a controller for controlling the gas supply unit, the valve and the detecting unit.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2003Date of Patent: April 6, 2010Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Sung-Su Jung, Yong-Keun Kwak
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Patent number: 7687101Abstract: A dispenser for a liquid crystal display panel includes a table on which a substrate is loaded, an aligning substrate provided at least along one side of the substrate, at least one syringe having a nozzle at an end portion for supplying a material onto the substrate or onto the aligning substrate; and an image camera provided at a side of the syringe for detecting an image of the material on the substrate or on the aligning substrate.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2003Date of Patent: March 30, 2010Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Sung-Su Jung, Yong-Keun Kwak
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Patent number: 7682651Abstract: A method for manufacturing a display device, having hollows containing fine particles, for displaying an image using the fine particles includes a step of packing a dispersion in the hollows, the dispersion containing the fine particles, a dispersion medium, and a precursor, dissolved or dispersed in the dispersion medium, for forming a sealing layer; a step of providing a support layer on partitions; a step of coating a face of the support layer and end portions of the partitions with the sealing layer precursor by allowing the face of the support layer and the end portions of the partitions to adsorb the sealing layer precursor, the face of the support layer and the end portions of the partitions being in contact with the dispersion; and a step of forming the sealing layer by subjecting the resulting sealing layer precursor to at least one of polymerization and cross-linking.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2005Date of Patent: March 23, 2010Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Ricardo Jorge de Albuquerque Martins, Toshihiko Takeda, Tomonari Horikiri
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Patent number: 7678410Abstract: A dispenser for a liquid crystal display panel includes a substrate on which at least one image display is formed, a table on which the substrate having at least one image display part is loaded, and at least one syringe horizontally movable to change position in relation to the table for supplying a sealant on the substrate to form a seal pattern.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2003Date of Patent: March 16, 2010Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Sung-Su Jung, Yong-Keun Kwak
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Patent number: 7666466Abstract: The present invention is for a system and method of creating a continuous, seamless, waterproof, weatherproof, electrically generating surface that can be applied over a great variety of structural components. The method comprises coating the selected surface with a base elastomeric coating thus sealing holes, cracks and other surface imperfections. In one embodiment, the base elastomeric coating is allowed to dry and at least one photovoltaic module is placed on the base elastomeric coating by using another coat of elastomeric material applied to the underside surface of the photovoltaic module or on the surface of the base elastomeric coating where the photovoltaic module will be applied. Another layer of an elastomeric coating is applied covering the perimeter edges of the photovoltaic module creating a continuous, seamless, waterproof, weatherproof surface capable of generating electricity.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2007Date of Patent: February 23, 2010Inventor: Michael Gumm
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Patent number: 7662428Abstract: A method for increasing the number of carbon nanotubes exposed on the triode structure device of a field emission display uses the technology of casting surface treatment. For advancing the current density and magnitude of CNT emitters, the method of casting surface treatment on the CNT emitters includes the steps of coating an adhesive material on the surface of the device; heating the adhesive material for adhibitting the surface; and lifting the adhesive material off the surface.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2003Date of Patent: February 16, 2010Assignee: Industrial Technology Research InstituteInventors: Jyh-Rong Sheu, Chun-Tao Lee, Cheng-Chung Lee, Jia-Chong Ho, Yu-Yang Chang
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Patent number: 7662426Abstract: The present invention discloses a method of fabricating organic light emitting diode array, which adopts a directional spin coating technology to grow different organic light-emitting materials on the same plane so as to control the color of the emitted light and accomplish monochrome or full color organic light emitting diodes.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2005Date of Patent: February 16, 2010Assignee: National Chung Chen UniversityInventors: Jungwei John Cheng, Jeng-Rong Ho, Tzu-Yang Peng, Nan-Yi Wu, Chin Min Huang
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Patent number: 7651722Abstract: An apparatus for manufacturing an organic electroluminescence display having an alignment chamber for aligning a mask having openings corresponding to a predetermined pattern with a substrate on which a first electrode layer is formed and detachably attaching the mask and the substrate. The apparatus further including a number of vacuum processing chambers for sequentially forming a number of organic material layers on the substrate attached with the mask. The apparatus also including a transfer robot for transferring the attached mask and substrate to one of the number of vacuum processing chambers and sequentially transferring it between the number of the vacuum processing chambers.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2002Date of Patent: January 26, 2010Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Takao Mori, Masaru Yamaguchi, Isao Kamiyama
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Patent number: 7645478Abstract: Methods of forming displays are described. The displays have zinc oxide row and column drivers integrated onto the same display substrate as zinc oxide pixel transistors and organic light emitting diodes. The organic light emitting diodes are prepared, at least in part, using a thermal transfer process from a donor sheet.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2005Date of Patent: January 12, 2010Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties CompanyInventors: Steven D. Thelss, Paul F. Baude, Michael A. Haase, Eric W. Hemmesch, Yaoqi J. Liu, Sergey S. Lamansky
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Patent number: 7645474Abstract: A method and system for purifying polymers to use with medical devices, particularly for a drug eluting stent, is described.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2003Date of Patent: January 12, 2010Assignee: Advanced Cardiovascular Systems, Inc.Inventors: Jaya Pathak, Fuh-Wei Tang
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Patent number: 7632539Abstract: Bi12MO20 material particles with a diameter of 0.1 to 2 ?m, which are filled in an aerosolization chamber, are shaken/agitated together with carrier gas in a high-pressure gas cylinder which stores the carrier gas, thereby being aerosolized. The aerosolized Bi12MO20 material particles are injected together with the carrier gas onto a substrate from a nozzle in a film-forming chamber, the nozzle including a narrow opening, and the Bi12MO20 material particles are deposited onto the substrate, thereby being formed into a film.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2005Date of Patent: December 15, 2009Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventor: Kiyoteru Miyake