Patents by Inventor Scott J. Hermann

Scott J. Hermann 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).

  • Patent number: 6970219
    Abstract: An electronic device and method of fabricating the same. The device comprises a substrate having a display area and at least one receptor site configured to receive a functional block that is to be deposited within the receptor site, embedded below a surface of the substrate and situating outside the display area. A first barrier layer is deposited over the display area and not covering the functional block. A first patterned electrode layer is deposited over the first barrier layer. The first patterned electrode layer makes contact to the functional block. A display medium is deposited over the first patterned electrode layer. A second patterned electrode layer is deposited over the display medium. A second barrier layer is deposited over the second patterned electrode layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2005
    Assignee: Alien Technology Corporation
    Inventor: Scott J. Hermann