Patents by Inventor Lucia Marra

Lucia Marra 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).

  • Method for manufacturing an electrowetting device using a hardened fluid coating
    Patent number: 10620428
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an electrowetting element. A first fluid is dispensed. A second fluid immiscible with the first fluid is dispensed. A fluid coating around the first fluid and the second fluid is dispensed. The fluid coating is hardened to form a capsule containing the first and the second fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Romaric Mathieu Massard, Lucia Marra
  • Fluid dispensing method for electrowetting element manufacture
    Patent number: 10234678
    Abstract: A method of dispensing fluids for manufacturing an electrowetting element. The method comprises: dispensing a first layer of a first fluid on a support plate surface; letting a first portion of the first fluid vaporize as a vapor from the first layer into a region over the first layer; removing the vapor from the region over the first layer; and dispensing on the first layer a second layer of a second fluid, the second fluid immiscible with the first fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Lucia Marra, Cindy Everaars-Nieuwkerk, Romaric Mathieu Massard
  • Emulsion dispensing method for manufacturing an electrowetting device
    Patent number: 10054784
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an electrowetting device. An emulsion is dispensed on a surface of a first support plate comprising an electrode. The emulsion comprises a first fluid dispersed in a second fluid immiscible with the first fluid, and, dispersed within the first fluid, a third fluid immiscible with the first fluid. The method includes coalescing the first fluid to form a layer of the first fluid on the surface of the first support plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Lucia Marra