Patents by Inventor Elizabeth M. Gates

Elizabeth M. Gates has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • ELECTROPHORETIC MEDIA AND PROCESSES FOR THE PRODUCTION THEREOF
    Publication number: 20100148385
    Abstract: A first electrophoretic medium comprises an electrically charged particle suspended in a suspending fluid, the particle having a polymeric shell having repeating units derived from at least one monomer the homopolymer of which is incompatible with the suspending fluid. A second, similar electrophoretic medium comprises a suspending fluid, and first and second types of electrically charged particle suspended in the suspending fluid, the two types of particle having differing optical characteristics but both having polymeric shells. The polymeric shells are arranged such that homoaggregation of the two types of particles is thermodynamically favored over heteroaggregation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2010
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Applicant: E INK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Suzanne Balko, Alberto Goenaga, Peter J. Valianatos, Charles H. Honeyman, Elizabeth M. Gates, Matthew A. King
  • ELECTROPHORETIC MEDIA AND PROCESSES FOR THE PRODUCTION THEREOF
    Publication number: 20090206499
    Abstract: A first electrophoretic medium comprises an electrically charged particle suspended in a suspending fluid, the particle having a polymeric shell having repeating units derived from at least one monomer the homopolymer of which is incompatible with the suspending fluid. A second, similar electrophoretic medium comprises a suspending fluid, and first and second types of electrically charged particle suspended in the suspending fluid, the two types of particle having differing optical characteristics but both having polymeric shells. The polymeric shells are arranged such that homoaggregation of the two types of particles is thermodynamically favored over heteroaggregation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2009
    Publication date: August 20, 2009
    Applicant: E Ink Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas H. Whitesides, Qingye Zhou, Robert W. Zehner, Karl R. Amundson, Suzanne Balko, Alberto Goenaga, Peter J. Valianatos, Charles H. Honeyman, Elizabeth M. Gates, Matthew A. King, Russell J. Wilcox
  • Electrophoretic media and processes for the production thereof
    Patent number: 7532388
    Abstract: A first electrophoretic medium comprises an electrically charged particle suspended in a suspending fluid, the particle having a polymeric shell having repeating units derived from at least one monomer the homopolymer of which is incompatible with the suspending fluid. A second, similar electrophoretic medium comprises a suspending fluid, and first and second types of electrically charged particle suspended in the suspending fluid, the two types of particle having differing optical characteristics but both having polymeric shells. The polymeric shells are arranged such that homoaggregation of the two types of particles is thermodynamically favored over heteroaggregation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2009
    Assignee: E Ink Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas H. Whitesides, Qingye Zhou, Robert W. Zehner, Karl R. Amundson, Suzanne Balko, Alberto Goenaga, Peter Valianatos, Charles Howie Honeyman, Elizabeth M. Gates, Matthew A. King, Russell J. Wilcox
  • ELECTROPHORETIC PARTICLES AND PROCESSES FOR THE PRODUCTION THEREOF
    Publication number: 20090009852
    Abstract: Polymer-coated pigment particles produced using atom transfer radical polymerization provide electrophoretic media having improved bistability without requiring addition to the electrophoretic fluid of additives which increase switching time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2008
    Publication date: January 8, 2009
    Applicant: E INK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Charles Howie Honeyman, Elizabeth M. Gates, Matthew A. King, Andrew Y. Oleson, Thomas H. Whitesides, Michael D. Walls