Patents Assigned to E
  • OCHROBACTRUM-MEDIATED TRANSFORMATION OF PLANTS
    Publication number: 20180216123
    Abstract: Methods and compositions for Ochrobactrum-mediated transformation of plants are provided. Methods include but are not limited to using an Ochrobactrum strain to transfer a polynucleotide of interest to a plant cell. These include VirD2-dependent methods. Compositions include an Ochrobactrum strain, transfer DNAs, constructs and/or plasmids. These include Ochrobactrum strains having a plasmid comprising one or more virulence gene(s), border region, and/or origin of replication. Plant cells, tissues, plants, and seeds comprising a polynucleotide of interest produced by the methods are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2016
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Applicants: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC., E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventors: AJITH ANAND, STEVEN HENRY BASS, SEAN M. BERTAIN, HYEON-JE CHO, ANTHONY J. KINNEY, THEODORE M. KLEIN, MICHAEL LASSNER, KEVIN E. MCBRIDE, YORK MOY, BARBARA ANN MARIE ROSEN, JUN-ZHI WEI
  • Electromagnetic writing apparatus for electro-optic displays
    Patent number: 10037089
    Abstract: Particle-based electro-optic displays are described that are both electrically and magnetically controllable. Global and local addressing may be provided. The global addressing may be providing by one or more electrodes of the display, and may be electrically activated. The local addressing may be provided by a writing implement, especially one capable of producing rotating electric fields.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: E Ink Corporation
    Inventors: Seth J. Bishop, Sunil Krishna Sainis, George G. Harris, William Vetterling
  • Electro-optic assemblies, and adhesives and binders for use therein
    Patent number: 10036930
    Abstract: An electro-optic assembly comprises an adhesive layer and a layer of electro-optic material. The adhesive layer comprises a polymeric adhesive material and an ionic material having either its cation or its anion fixed to the polymeric adhesive material. The ionic material reduces the volume resistivity of the polymeric adhesive material and is not removed upon heating to 50° C. In a similar electro-optic assembly comprising an adhesive layer and a layer of electro-optic material, the adhesive layer comprises a polymeric adhesive material which has been subjected to dialysis or diafiltration to remove organic species having a molecular weight less than about 3,500, so that the adhesive material has a content of N-methylpyrrolidone not exceeding 500 ppm based upon the total weight of the adhesive layer and layer of electro-optic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: E Ink Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas H. Whitesides, Lan Cao
  • Use of the soybean sucrose synthase promoter to increase plant seed lipid content
    Patent number: 10036030
    Abstract: Recombinant DNA constructs comprising the soybean sucrose synthase promoter operably linked to polynucleotides encoding transcription factors such as ODP1, Lec1 and FUSCA3 are disclosed. These constructs are used for increasing oil content while maintaining normal germination in oilseed plants. Methods to increase oil content in the seeds of an oilseed plant using this construct are also disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignees: E I DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY, PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: Howard Glenn Damude, Bryce Daines, Knut Meyer, Kevin G Ripp, Kevin L Stecca
  • Color display device
    Patent number: 10036931
    Abstract: The present invention provides a full color display device in which each pixel can display multiple high-quality color states. More specifically, an electrophoretic fluid is provided which comprises four types of particles, dispersed in a solvent or solvent mixture and each pixel can display at least five different color states.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: E INK CALIFORNIA, LLC
    Inventors: Bryan Hans Chan, Craig Lin, Hui Du, HongMei Zang
  • Active matrix display with dual driving modes
    Patent number: 10037735
    Abstract: An active matrix electro-optic display (100) includes capacitor electrodes (110, 112) associated with the pixel electrodes (106, 108) so that the pixel electrode and its associated capacitor electrode form a capacitor. The display (100) also includes switching means (120) having one position in which each capacitor electrode (110, 112) is electrically connected to the light-transmissive front electrode (102) of the display (100) and a second position in which each capacitor electrode (110, 112) is electrically connected to a voltage source having a voltage independent of the voltage on the light-transmissive electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: E Ink Corporation
    Inventor: Karl R. Amundson
  • High performance hair dryer
    Patent number: 10034528
    Abstract: A high performance hair dryer with a low level of noise emission and greater energy efficiency due to improvements on the aerodynamic performance. The hair dryer has a functional core with specific aerodynamic features. Between the core and the external casing, material for thermal-acoustic insulation can be inserted. Within the core, a conventional or mixed type impeller can be inserted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: Engereus Do Brasil Engenharia Industria E Comercio De Electronicos Ltda
    Inventor: Edgar Antonio Figueiredo Souza
  • Fuel tank cap capable of capturing harmful vapors
    Patent number: 10035097
    Abstract: A fuel tank cap includes a casing; a main chamber disposed in the casing; a vapor vent channel disposed in the casing and communicating with the main chamber; annular partition walls disposed in the main chamber and configured to divide the main chamber into troughs surrounding a central tunnel, each partition wall including a cut so that the troughs and the tunnel are capable of communicating with each other via the cut; activated carbon filled in the troughs; and a permeable plug disposed in the tunnel, which is made by wrapping rust-resistant flexible wires so that a plurality of intercommunicated air gaps are formed among the flexible wires. The vapor vent channel includes the cuts, the troughs and the air gaps. The activated carbon captures fuel vapors and absorbs VOCs in the fuel vapors when the fuel vapors pass through the vapor vent channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: SENTEC E&E CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chun-Chi Chou, Chia-Ming Yu
  • Electrophoretic display fluid
    Patent number: 10036929
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to an electrophoretic fluid comprising charged particles dispersed in a solvent or solvent mixture, wherein (i) one type of particles which is non-white and non-black and formed from an inorganic pigment, (ii) another type of particles which is non-white and non-black and formed from an organic pigment, and both types of particles (i) and (II) are of different colors and carry the same charge polarity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: E INK CALIFORNIA, LLC
    Inventors: Hui Du, Craig Lin
  • BLOCKING CD38 USING ANTI-CD38 F(ab')2 TO PROTECT NK CELLS
    Publication number: 20180208669
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods of inhibiting growth or proliferation of cells expressing CD38 by contacting the CD38-expressing cells with 1) NK cells bound to an anti-CD38 F(ab?)2 fragment and 2) an anti-CD38 antibody, in either order or simultaneously. Also provided herein are methods of treating or inhibiting a hyperproliferative disorder or an autoimmune disorder in a subject by administering to the subject 1) NK cells bound to an anti-CD38 F(ab?)2 fragment and 2) an anti-CD38 antibody, in either order or simultaneously.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2015
    Publication date: July 26, 2018
    Applicants: The United States of America, as represented by th e Secretary, Dept. of Health and Human Services, Janssen Biotech, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard W. Childs, Maria Berg, Luis Espinoza Calderon, Kate Sasser, Ricardo Attar
  • FABRICATION METHOD OF FLEXIBLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE
    Publication number: 20180213649
    Abstract: A fabrication method of a flexible electronic device is provided. A flexible substrate is placed directly on a rigid substrate. A portion of an edge of the flexible substrate is heated, such that the heated portion of the edge of the flexible substrate constitutes a melted edge. An electronic element is formed on the flexible substrate and located in an area region surrounded by the melted edge. A separation process is performed, such that the melted edge is separated from the flexible substrate to form a flexible electronic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2017
    Publication date: July 26, 2018
    Applicant: E Ink Holdings Inc.
    Inventors: Kuo-Feng Chen, Shu-Han Huang, Ching-Hung Huang
  • ELECTRONIC PAPER DISPLAY APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20180211584
    Abstract: An electronic paper display apparatus including an electronic paper display panel and a driver apparatus is provided. The electronic paper display panel displays image frames and includes a plurality of display modes. The driver apparatus is electrically connected to the electronic paper display panel. The driver apparatus determines what display mode the electronic paper display panel is in according to image data. The driver apparatus selects a driving signal to drive the electronic paper display panel to display the image frames according to the display mode of the electronic paper display panel. The image data is encoded according to one of a plurality of encoding methods to include information related to the display mode of the electronic paper display panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 25, 2017
    Publication date: July 26, 2018
    Applicant: E Ink Holdings Inc.
    Inventors: Kuo-Han Hsu, Mu-Chen Tan
  • RESIN MOLD
    Publication number: 20180207841
    Abstract: To provide a resin mold which is excellent in adhesion to a substrate, excellent in release properties from a transfer material resin, further excellent in durability of the resin mold itself, and which endures repetition transfer to the transfer material resin, a resin mold of the invention is a resin mold having a fine concavo-convex structure on the surface, and is characterized in that the fluorine element concentration (Es) in a resin mold surface portion is the average fluorine element concentration (Eb) in the resin forming the resin mold or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2018
    Publication date: July 26, 2018
    Applicant: ASAHI KASEI E-MATERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinji MATSUMOTO, Jun KOIKE
  • Electrically conductive adhesives comprising blend elastomers
    Patent number: 10032945
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an electrically conductive adhesive composition and its use in solar cell modules, wherein the electrically conductive adhesive comprises a polymer matrix and dispersed in the polymer matrix about 40-90 wt % of conductive particles, with the wt % of all components comprised in the compositions totaling to 100 wt %, and wherein the polymer matrix comprises or is formed of a blend of at least one ethylene/alkyl (meth)acrylate copolymer elastomer and at least one ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer at a weight ratio ranging from about 10:90 to about 70:30.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: E I DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventors: Minfang Mu, Zengjun Liu
  • Rectifier and regulator circuit
    Patent number: 10033296
    Abstract: Systems and methods for rectifying and regulating an input voltage are disclosed. A biasing circuit is configured to generate a biasing voltage greater than the maximum value of the input voltage minus a forward bias voltage of a p-n junction diode and apply the biasing voltage to the body terminal of a MOSFET. The biasing circuit may generate the biasing voltage by rectifying the input voltage. A control circuit is configured to generate a gate voltage based on the rectified and regulated output voltage and apply the gate voltage to the gate terminal of the MOSFET.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: The Alfred E. Mann Foundation for Scientific Research
    Inventor: Edward K. F. Lee
  • Ethylene copolymer-modified plastisol
    Patent number: 10030132
    Abstract: Provided herein is a plastisol composition comprising a halogenated polymer and an ethylene carbon monoxide copolymer that is dispersed or dissolved in a liquid plasticizer. A process for producing the plastisol composition is further provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventors: Sara Luisa Reynoso Gomez, Elizabeth R. Griffin
  • Composite sheet and cargo container comprising same
    Patent number: 10029439
    Abstract: A non-rigid composite sheet comprising in order (i) a first component comprising at least one first fabric of continuous filament yarns having a tenacity of at least 11 g/dtex and a first polymeric layer, (ii) a second component comprising at least one second fabric of continuous filament glass yarns, the at least one second fabric being adjacent to the at least one first fabric of the first component, and (iii) a third component comprising a second polymeric layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: E I DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventor: Dariusz Wlodzimierz Kawka
  • Methods for producing a complex transgenic trait locus
    Patent number: 10030245
    Abstract: Methods for producing in a plant a complex transgenic trait locus comprising at least two altered target sequences in a genomic region of interest are disclosed. The methods involve the use of two or more double-strand-break-inducing agents, each of which can cause a double-strand break in a target sequence in the genomic region of interest which results in an alteration in the target sequence. Also disclosed are complex transgenic trait loci in plants. A complex transgenic trait locus comprises at least two altered target sequences that are genetically linked to a polynucleotide of interest. Plants, plant cells, plant parts, and seeds comprising one or more complex transgenic trait loci are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignees: E I DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY, PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: Michael Lassner, Derek Jantz, James Jefferson Smith, Mark Cigan, Carl Falco, Huirong Gao, Zhongsen Li, Zhan-Bin Liu, Sergei Svitashev
  • Electrically conductive adhesives comprising fluoroelastomers
    Patent number: 10030176
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an electrically conductive adhesive composition and its use in solar cell modules, wherein the electrically conductive adhesive comprises a fluoroelastomer matrix and dispersed in the fluoroelastomer matrix about 40-90 wt % of conductive particles, with the wt % of all components comprised in the compositions totaling to 100 wt %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: E I DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventors: Minfang Mu, Zengjun Liu
  • Mobile phone holder
    Patent number: D823846
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignees: QUITO TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., E-FILLIATE, INC.
    Inventor: Yin-Hung Chen