Patents by Inventor Robert Taff
Robert Taff 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: 8648984Abstract: A color filter substrate for a liquid crystal display device and a method of fabricating the same includes black matrixes on a transparent insulating substrate, the black matrixes defining pixel areas and having a first region and a second region, color filters in the pixel areas and having areas overlapping the first region of the black matrixes, and ball spacers above the second region of the black matrixes, wherein a thickness of the first region is greater than a thickness of the second region.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2006Date of Patent: February 11, 2014Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Bong Chul Kim, Jun Beom Cho, Seung Hyung Lee, Kyo Yong Koo, Hyeon Jin Seo, Dhang Kwon, Robert Taff
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Publication number: 20120004769Abstract: Provided are automated retail shelf (ARS) units and corresponding network systems for facilitating retail of various product items in retail environments. An ARS unit includes a chassis sized and configured for attaching to a retail shelf unit and being supported by the shelf unit at an elevated level convenient for customer interactions. The ARS unit may be positioned in a retail aisle among other product items, for example, unsecured product items. The ARS unit provides secure storage to specific product items available for sale from the unit. These product items may have high values and be more susceptible to theft unlike other unsecured product items available from retail shelves. The ARS unit may be used to provide information about product items stored in the unit and, in certain embodiments, unsecured product items available from retail shelves, such as indicating location of these items in the retail environment.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2011Publication date: January 5, 2012Applicant: NEWZOOM, INC.Inventors: Chris Hallenbeck, Jennifer Stephan, Joel Lindheimer, Guillermo Trejo, Robert Taff, Sean Machin, Russ Yoshinaka
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Patent number: 7980196Abstract: An apparatus for coating a polyimide layer includes a printing table in which a substrate is provided, an inkjet head having an injection surface with nozzles for injecting a polyimide liquid onto the substrate, a polyimide liquid supply tank filled with the polyimide liquid, an ultrasonic cleaner in which a cleaning liquid for cleaning the inkjet head is stored for cleaning the inkjet head with vibrations in the cleaning liquid generated by applying an ultrasonic signal, and a wiper for wiping an injection surface of the inkjet head.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2006Date of Patent: July 19, 2011Assignees: LG Display Co., Ltd., ULVAC, Inc.Inventors: Bong Chul Kim, Jun Beom Cho, Seung Hyung Lee, Kyo Yong Koo, Hyeon Jin Seo, Dhang Kwon, Robert Taff
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Publication number: 20110146574Abstract: A microdeposition system includes a printhead carriage that includes N rows of nozzles and that moves along a first axis; a stage that holds a substrate; and a maintenance station located at a position along the first axis that is past an edge of the substrate. The N rows of nozzles selectively deposit droplets of fluid manufacturing material onto the substrate. The maintenance station includes a capping station and an ultrasonic cleaning station located in a middle of the capping station. N is an integer greater than one.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2010Publication date: June 23, 2011Applicant: ULVAC, INC.Inventors: Oleg N. GRATCHEV, Robert TAFF, David ALBERTALLI
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Patent number: 7963631Abstract: The present teachings relate to a printhead maintenance station for an industrial printing apparatus which is used to prevent clogging of the printhead, particularly during periods in which the printheads are idle. The maintenance station includes a capping station which has sockets for keeping the printheads moist and a blotting station for cleaning any residual printing fluids prior to carrying out a print function.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2006Date of Patent: June 21, 2011Assignee: Ulvac, Inc.Inventors: David Albertalli, Robert Taff, Oleg N. Gratchev
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Patent number: 7557893Abstract: A color filter substrate includes a black matrix on a transparent insulating substrate, the blacking matrix defining a pixel area, color filters in the pixel area, an overcoating layer over the black matrix and the color filters, the overcoating layer having a plurality of grooves, a plurality of column spacers on the overcoating layer, and a plurality of ball spacers in the grooves of the overcoating layer.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2006Date of Patent: July 7, 2009Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Bong Chul Kim, Seung Hyung Lee, Kyo Yong Koo, Hyeon Jin Seo, Dhang Kwon, Robert Taff
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Publication number: 20080003380Abstract: A color filter substrate includes a black matrix on a transparent insulating substrate, the blacking matrix defining a pixel area, color filters in the pixel area, an overcoating layer over the black matrix and the color filters, the overcoating layer having a plurality of grooves, a plurality of column spacers on the overcoating layer, and a plurality of ball spacers in the grooves of the overcoating layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2006Publication date: January 3, 2008Applicants: LG.PHILIPS LCD CO., LTD., ULVAC, INC.Inventors: Bong Chul Kim, Seung Hyung Lee, Kyo Yong Koo, Hyeon Jin Seo, Dhang Kwon, Robert Taff
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Publication number: 20070291385Abstract: A color filter substrate for a liquid crystal display device and a method of fabricating the same includes black matrixes on a transparent insulating substrate, the black matrixes defining pixel areas and having a first region and a second region, color filters in the pixel areas and having areas overlapping the first region of the black matrixes, and ball spacers above the second region of the black matrixes, wherein a thickness of the first region is greater than a thickness of the second region.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2006Publication date: December 20, 2007Applicants: LG.PHILIPS LCD CO., LTD., ULVAC, INC.Inventors: Bong Chul Kim, Jun Beom Cho, Seung Hyung Lee, Kyo Yong Koo, Hyeon Jin Seo, Dhang Kwon, Robert Taff
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Publication number: 20070292627Abstract: An apparatus for coating a polyimide layer includes a printing table in which a substrate is provided, an inkjet head having an injection surface with nozzles for injecting a polyimide liquid onto the substrate, a polyimide liquid supply tank filled with the polyimide liquid, an ultrasonic cleaner in which a cleaning liquid for cleaning the inkjet head is stored for cleaning the inkjet head with vibrations in the cleaning liquid generated by applying an ultrasonic signal, and a wiper for wiping an injection surface of the inkjet head.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2006Publication date: December 20, 2007Applicants: LG. PHILIPS LCD CO., LTD., ULVAC, Inc.Inventors: Bong Chul Kim, Jun Beom Cho, Seung Hyung Lee, Kyo Yong Koo, Hyeon Jin Seo, Dhang Kwon, Robert Taff
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Patent number: 6729945Abstract: A platen for use in chemical mechanical planarization (CMP) systems is disclosed. The platen is arranged below a linear polishing pad and designed to apply a controlled fluid flow to the underside of the linear polishing pad. The platen includes a leading zone containing a first plurality of output holes. The leading zone is oriented more proximate to an upstream region of the linear polishing pad. The platen also includes a trailing zone containing a second plurality of output holes. The trailing zone is oriented more proximate to a downstream region of the linear polishing pad. The leading zone and the trailing zone are independently controlled and designed to output the controlled fluid flow independently from each of the first plurality of output holes and the second plurality of output holes.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2001Date of Patent: May 4, 2004Assignee: Lam Research CorporationInventors: Cangshan Xu, Jeff Gasparitsch, Robert Taff, Kenneth J. Bahng, Paul Stasiewicz, Erik H. Engdahl
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Publication number: 20020146972Abstract: A platen for use in chemical mechanical planarization (CMP) systems is disclosed. The platen is arranged below a linear polishing pad and designed to apply a controlled fluid flow to the underside of the linear polishing pad. The platen includes a leading zone containing a first plurality of output holes. The leading zone is oriented more proximate to an upstream region of the linear polishing pad. The platen also includes a trailing zone containing a second plurality of output holes. The trailing zone is oriented more proximate to a downstream region of the linear polishing pad. The leading zone and the trailing zone are independently controlled and designed to output the controlled fluid flow independently from each of the first plurality of output holes and the second plurality of output holes.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2001Publication date: October 10, 2002Inventors: Cangshan Xu, Jeff Gasparitsch, Robert Taff, Kenneth J. Bahng, Paul Stasiewicz, Erik H. Engdahl
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Patent number: D650443Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2011Date of Patent: December 13, 2011Assignee: NewZoom, Inc.Inventors: Chris Hallenbeck, Jennifer Stephan, Guillermo Trejo, Robert Taff
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Patent number: D663359Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2011Date of Patent: July 10, 2012Assignee: NewZoom, Inc.Inventors: Chris Hallenbeck, Jennifer Stephan, Guillermo Trejo, Robert Taff