Patents by Inventor Myron W. Culver
Myron W. Culver 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).
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Patent number: 8237157Abstract: An organic device including at least two electrodes; at least one organic active layer, wherein the organic active layer is disposed in between two electrodes; and an electrode modification layer, wherein the electrode modification layer is disposed in between two electrodes and in contact with one of the electrodes; and the electrode modification layer includes a fluorocarbon compound selected from the materials having a chemical structure of (CxFy)n, wherein the “x”, “y”, and “n” are integers, and wherein 1<x?70, 1<y?50, and n?1.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2010Date of Patent: August 7, 2012Assignee: Global OLED Technology LLCInventors: Liang-Sheng Liao, Myron W. Culver, Ching W. Tang
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Publication number: 20110203667Abstract: An organic device including at least two electrodes; at least one organic active layer, wherein the organic active layer is disposed in between two electrodes; and an electrode modification layer, wherein the electrode modification layer is disposed in between two electrodes and in contact with one of the electrodes; and the electrode modification layer includes a fluorocarbon compound selected from the materials having a chemical structure of (CxFy)n, wherein the “x”, “y”, and “n” are integers, and wherein 1<x?70, 1<y?50, and n?1.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2010Publication date: August 25, 2011Applicant: Global OLED Technology LLCInventors: Liang-Sheng Liao, Myron W. Culver, Ching W. Tang
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Patent number: 7799439Abstract: An organic device including at least two electrodes; at least one organic active layer, wherein the organic active layer is disposed in between two electrodes; and an electrode modification layer, wherein the electrode modification layer is disposed in between two electrodes and in contact with one of the electrodes; and the electrode modification layer includes a fluorocarbon compound selected from the materials having a chemical structure of (CxFy)n, wherein the “x”, “y”, and “n” are integers, and wherein 1<x?70, 1<y?50, and n?1.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2006Date of Patent: September 21, 2010Assignee: Global OLED Technology LLCInventors: Liang-Sheng Liao, Myron W. Culver, Ching W. Tang
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Patent number: 7052351Abstract: A method for forming a color organic light-emitting device including depositing a first electrode over a substrate; depositing a first emissive layer over the first electrode for producing a first colored light in response to hole-electron recombination; and selectively patternwise depositing a hole-blocking layer over the first emissive layer. The method also includes depositing a second emissive layer over the hole-blocking layer which in response to hole-electron recombination emits colored light different from the colored light emitted from the first emissive layer; depositing a second electrode over the second emissive layer; and whereby the patternwise deposition of the hole-blocking layer has been selected to substantially shift hole-electron recombination from the second to the first emissive layers.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2002Date of Patent: May 30, 2006Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Lee W. Tutt, Denis Y. Kondakov, Myron W. Culver
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Patent number: 6939660Abstract: A donor element adapted for use in making an OLED device including a donor support element; a light-absorbing layer disposed over the donor support element, which in response to light, produces heat; a host material layer disposed over the light-absorbing layer; and a dopant layer disposed over the host material layer such that when the donor element is placed in a transfer relationship with the OLED device and when light is absorbed by the light-absorbing layer, heat is produced that causes the vaporization transfer of host materials and dopant materials from the light-absorbing layer to cause at least partial mixing in the OLED device.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2002Date of Patent: September 6, 2005Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Lee W. Tutt, Myron W. Culver, Ching W. Tang
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Patent number: 6890627Abstract: A donor element adapted for use in making an OLED device, includes a donor support substrate; a light-absorbing layer disposed over the substrate which, in response to light, produces heat; an emissive layer disposed over the light-absorbing layer; and a hole-transporting layer disposed over the emissive layer such that when the donor element is positioned in a transfer relationship with the OLED device and when light is absorbed by the light-absorbing layer, heat is produced that causes the vaporization transfer across a gap, of hole-transporting materials and emissive materials to the OLED device.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2002Date of Patent: May 10, 2005Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Myron W. Culver, Lee W. Tutt, Mitchell S. Burberry, Ching W. Tang
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Publication number: 20040206307Abstract: Making an OLED device, in a controlled environment, includes positioning a substrate having an electrode in a first station and coating one or more first organic layer(s); using a robot to grasp and remove the substrate from the first station and positioning the coated substrate into a second station, with a donor element that includes emissive organic material; applying radiation to selectively transfer organic material from the donor element to the substrate to form an emissive layer; forming a second electrode in a third station; and controlling the atmosphere in the stations so that the water vapor partial pressure is less than 1 torr but greater than 0 torr, or the oxygen partial pressure is less than 1 torr but greater than 0 torr, or both the water vapor partial pressure and the oxygen partial pressure are respectively less than 1 torr but greater than 0 torr.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2003Publication date: October 21, 2004Applicant: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Michael L. Boroson, Bradley A. Phillips, David B. Kay, Andrea S. Rivers, Mark D. Bedzyk, Lee W. Tutt, Myron W. Culver, Giana M. Phelan
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Publication number: 20040151829Abstract: A method of forming a colored organic light-emitting device comprising: providing an anode and a cathode; forming at least one emissive layer for producing a predetermined colored light between the anode and cathode; forming at least one organic layer in relationship to the emissive layer by selectively transferring organic material from at least one donor element; and varying the thickness of the organic layer to produce effective colored light produced by the emissive layer for the organic light-emitting device.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2003Publication date: August 5, 2004Applicant: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Michael L. Boroson, Lee W. Tutt, Myron W. Culver
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Publication number: 20040029039Abstract: A donor element adapted for use in making an OLED device including a donor support element; a light-absorbing layer disposed over the donor support element, which in response to light, produces heat; a host material layer disposed over the light-absorbing layer; and a dopant layer disposed over the host material layer such that when the donor element is placed in a transfer relationship with the OLED device and when light is absorbed by the light-absorbing layer, heat is produced that causes the vaporization transfer of host materials and dopant materials from the light-absorbing layer to cause at least partial mixing in the OLED device.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2002Publication date: February 12, 2004Applicant: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Lee W. Tutt, Myron W. Culver, Ching W. Tang
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Publication number: 20040028942Abstract: A donor element adapted for use in making an OLED device, includes a donor support substrate; a light-absorbing layer disposed over the substrate which, in response to light, produces heat; an emissive layer disposed over the light-absorbing layer; and a hole-transporting layer disposed over the emissive layer such that when the donor element is positioned in a transfer relationship with the OLED device and when light is absorbed by the light-absorbing layer, heat is produced that causes the vaporization transfer across a gap, of hole-transporting materials and emissive materials to the OLED device.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2002Publication date: February 12, 2004Applicant: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Myron W. Culver, Lee W. Tutt, Mitchell S. Burberry, Ching W. Tang
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Publication number: 20030162108Abstract: A method for making an organic electroluminescent display device having an array of pixels disposed on a display substrate includes providing spacer elements either individually or as part of a donor element or a display substrate. Radiation-induced thermal transfer is then used to transfer organic material from the donor element to the display substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2002Publication date: August 28, 2003Applicant: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Mitchell S. Burberry, Lee W. Tutt, Myron W. Culver, Ching W. Tang
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Patent number: 6610455Abstract: A method for making an organic electroluminescent display device having an array of pixels disposed on a display substrate includes providing a donor element and a display substrate that are heated to a desired temperature. Radiation-induced thermal transfer is then used to transfer organic material from the donor element to the display substrate.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2002Date of Patent: August 26, 2003Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Mitchell S. Burberry, Lee W. Tutt, Myron W. Culver, Ching W. Tang
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Patent number: 6570324Abstract: An image display device includes a substrate; a sparse array of light emitting elements formed on one side of the transparent substrate, the light emitting element being selectively addressable to form an image; an array of lens-lets located on the opposite side of the substrate, the focal plane of the lens-lets being at the one side of the substrate and the lens-lets being arranged with respect to the light emitting elements such that the light emitted by the light emitting elements is directed by the respective lens-lets to intersect at a common region associated with a predetermined viewing distance; and the sparseness of the array of the light emitting elements being such that the ratio of the light emitting area of the light-emitting element under a lens-let to the total area of the lens-let is less than or equal to 0.25.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2000Date of Patent: May 27, 2003Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Lee W. Tutt, Myron W. Culver, Mitchell S. Burberry, Ching W. Tang
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Patent number: 6566032Abstract: An in-situ method for fabricating, at least in part, an OLED device that is moisture- or oxygen-sensitive, such method comprising the steps of: providing into a controlled atmosphere coater a receiver element which will form part of the OLED device; providing into the controlled atmosphere coater a donor support element and coating such donor support element to produce a donor element with one or more layers required to produce all or part of the OLED device; controlling the atmosphere in the controlled atmosphere coater under controlled conditions; positioning the coated side of the donor element in material transferring relationship to the receiver element to be coated; and applying radiation to the donor element to selectively transfer one or more layers from the donor element to the receiver element.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2002Date of Patent: May 20, 2003Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Michael L. Boroson, Myron W. Culver, Lee W. Tutt
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Patent number: 6424093Abstract: An organic electroluminescent display device that displays a preformed image includes spaced anode and cathode electrodes, organic electrically conductive hole transport layer and electron transport layer disposed between the anode and cathode electrodes, and a preformed image layer formed between the organic electrically conductive hole transport layer and electron transport layers such layer having a region that is preformed to have at least one preformed image such that when a voltage is applied across the anode and cathode electrodes which will cause a preformed image to be displayed. Voltages are applied across the anode and cathode electrodes of the organic electroluminescent display device causes the emission of light for viewing the preformed image.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2000Date of Patent: July 23, 2002Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Jose M. Mir, Lee W. Tutt, Robert B. Bilhorn, Myron W. Culver
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Publication number: 20020075566Abstract: A system for the display of digital or analog images with a beam-forming apparatus comprised of lenticular lens elements secured to or integrated with, or associated with individual pixel lines or sub-pixel elements in a line in the display. A lenticular array material can either be used as the substrate of the solid-state display device or affixed to the display device.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2000Publication date: June 20, 2002Inventors: Lee W. Tutt, Mitchell S. Burberry, Myron W. Culver, Ching W. Tang