Patents Examined by S Chang
  • Patent number: 11882264
    Abstract: An autostereoscopic device and a method for generating an autostereoscopic image are disclosed. The device includes a substrate comprising a plurality of electrodes, a first image-forming layer, a light-transmissive layer, and a second image-forming layer. The first and second image-forming layers comprise a plurality of microcapsules or microcells. Each of the microcapsules or microcells comprises a dispersion of electrophoretic particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: E Ink Corporation
    Inventor: Stephen J. Telfer
  • Patent number: 11881487
    Abstract: A display device includes a substrate, a semiconductor layer disposed on the substrate, and including a first channel portion, a second channel portion, a connecting portion disposed between the first channel portion and the second channel portion, and electrode regions, a first insulating layer disposed on the semiconductor layer, a gate conductor disposed on the first insulating layer and including a first gate electrode overlapping the first channel portion and a second gate electrode overlapping the second channel portion, signal lines disposed on the substrate, a first electrode electrically connected to at least one of electrode regions of the semiconductor layer, an emission layer disposed on the first electrode, and a second electrode disposed on the emission layer, and the first channel portion and the second channel portion of the semiconductor layer each have a first width greater than a second width of the connecting portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Han Bit Kim, Mee Jae Kang, Keun Woo Kim, Doo-Na Kim, Sang Sub Kim, Do Kyeong Lee, Jae Hwan Chu
  • Patent number: 11878070
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a moisturizing composition includes a silk solution, wherein the silk solution comprises about 1% to about 10% (w/v) of pure silk fibroin-based protein fragments that are substantially devoid of sericin; hyaluronic acid; an oil or butter; and a pH adjusting agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Evolved By Nature, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory H. Altman, Dylan S. Haas, Kevin T. Healy
  • Patent number: 11874560
    Abstract: A backlight for providing uniform illumination to a display panel includes a plurality of discrete light sources. A multilayer polymeric partial reflector is disposed on the plurality of discrete light sources. For substantially normally incident light the partial reflector includes a reflection band includes a blue wavelength, a reflectance greater than about 80% at the blue wavelength, a left band edge between about 370 nm to about 420 nm, a right band edge between about 500 nm and 600 nm, and an average transmission between about 20% to about 80% for visible wavelengths greater than the right band edge. A reflective polarizer is disposed on the partial reflector. For substantially normally incident light having the blue wavelength, the reflective polarizer reflects at least 60% of the light having the first polarization state and transmits at least 60% of the light having the second polarization state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventor: Gary T. Boyd
  • Patent number: 11868003
    Abstract: The embodiments of the present disclosure provide a driving backplate and a display device adopting the following solutions. The driving backplate comprises: a substrate; a first reflective layer disposed on the substrate; the first reflecting layer is provided with a plurality of first openings; an outline of the first opening comprises a plurality of first grooves; a functional element disposed within the first opening; and a dispensed portion arranged at a periphery of the functional element, and at least part of the first groove is filled by one side of the dispensed portion close to the first reflecting layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignees: BOE MLED TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junjie Xie, Yezhou Tan, Zhenxing Luo, Bin Xiang, Pei Li, Pengjun Cao
  • Patent number: 11868007
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display panel and a liquid crystal display device are disclosed. The liquid crystal display panel includes a display module and a packaging cover plate disposed on a light-emitting side of the display module. The packaging cover plate includes a cover plate body and a first polarizer, wherein the first polarizer is disposed on a side of the cover plate body adjacent to the display module and/or on a side of the cover plate body away from the display module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: HUIZHOU CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dongchen Huang, Chingyuan Cheng
  • Patent number: 11865226
    Abstract: Cardiovascular prostheses for treating, reconstructing and replacing damaged or diseased cardiovascular tissue that include particulate structures that are formed from PGS, cerivastatin and everolimus. The particulate structures are configured to modulate inflammation of damaged cardiovascular tissue in vivo by increasing expression of Kruppel like factor 2 (KLF-2), whereby localized expression of monocyte chemoattractant protein 1 (MCP-1) and C-C chemokine receptor type 2 (CCR2) is inhibited at transcriptional and translational levels as a function of the KLF-2 modulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: CorMatrix Cardiovascular, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert G Matheny
  • Patent number: 11860495
    Abstract: To provide a semiconductor device, a liquid crystal display device, and an electronic device which have a wide viewing angle and in which the number of manufacturing steps, the number of masks, and manufacturing cost are reduced compared with a conventional one. The liquid crystal display device includes a first electrode formed over an entire surface of one side of a substrate; a first insulating film formed over the first electrode; a thin film transistor formed over the first insulating film; a second insulating film formed over the thin film transistor; a second electrode formed over the second insulating film and having a plurality of openings; and a liquid crystal over the second electrode. The liquid crystal is controlled by an electric field between the first electrode and the second electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Inventor: Hajime Kimura
  • Patent number: 11852915
    Abstract: The present application discloses a polarizer, a manufacturing method thereof, and a display device. The polarizer includes an alignment layer and a polarizer main body disposed on a side surface of the alignment layer. The polarizer main body includes a plurality of light-transmitting regions distributed on the polarizer main body at intervals and a non-light-transmitting region surrounding the light-transmitting regions. The alignment layer includes alignment regions corresponding to the light-transmitting regions and a non-alignment region corresponding to the non-light-transmitting region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Inventors: Rui He, Wei Cheng
  • Patent number: 11850212
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to medical devices containing time-release drug substance, and more particularly, to medical tubing, catheters, stents, cables (including fiber optic cables), pills, capsules, sheaths, threads, clamps, sutures, and endotracheal devices. The invention also generally relates to a method for extruding multiple laminated flow streams using microlayer coextrusion to create these various time-release drug delivery products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Guill Tool & Engineering Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Guillemette, Robert Peters, Christopher Hummel
  • Patent number: 11846842
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a liquid crystal display panel including a first substrate having a first length and a second substrate having a second length, a dimming panel including a third substrate having a third length and a fourth substrate having a fourth length, wherein the third length is greater than the first length, the second length and the fourth length, the first length is greater than the second length, the third thickness of the third substrate is greater than the first thickness of the first substrate, and the second thickness of the second substrate is greater than the first thickness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
    Inventors: Shimon Itakura, Yuzo Ota
  • Patent number: 11844811
    Abstract: Compositions, methods of manufacturing compositions, methods of protecting against respiratory problems including coronavirus and coronavirus-associated severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in humans and animals, are provided. Compositions comprising inorganic nitrate used for improving nitric oxide levels, improving health and/or reducing symptoms of SARS are provided. The compositions and methods are applicable for subjects experiencing SARS, and for protecting non-infected subjects against SARS. Compositions and methods for improving nitric oxide levels in a subject disclosed herein comprise administration of compositions comprising inorganic nitrate such as potassium nitrate or sodium nitrate optionally combined with ascorbate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: MYFITSTRIP LLC
    Inventor: Shawn J. Green
  • Patent number: 11835808
    Abstract: The embodiment of the present application discloses an array substrate, a display panel, and an electronic device. The array substrate includes a substrate and includes a control element; a first electrode is connected to the control element; a PIN diode is arranged on the first electrode, The PIN diode covers at least a part of the semiconductor layer of the control element and a part of the first electrode; a second conductive layer is arranged on the PIN diode, and the second conductive layer includes a second electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Fei Ai, Jiyue Song, Dewei Song
  • Patent number: 11833118
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a flowable and dispersible powder includes solubilizing a lipophilic substance in a terpene to form a mixture and treating the mixture to form a nanoemulsion dispersed in an aqueous solution. The aqueous solution includes at least one functional excipient. The nanoemulsion is then spray dried, thereby evaporating first the aqueous portion and then the terpene to form a dry powder formed from solid particles comprising the lipophilic substance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: FLURRY POWDERS, LLC
    Inventors: Andrew John Boeckl, David Edward Cookson
  • Patent number: 11839008
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a smart window and a driving method thereof and a smart window system. The smart window includes a glass module, a first controller, at least one light bar group and a light bar monitoring circuit. The glass module is coupled to the first controller; the at least one light bar group is coupled to the first controller; and the light bar monitoring circuit includes at least one light bar monitoring sub-circuit. The at least one light bar monitoring sub-circuit is coupled to the first controller and is coupled in a one-to-one correspondence to the at least one light bar group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignees: Beijing BOE Sensor Technology Co., Ltd., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yongbo Wang, Chen Meng, Yiping Ruan, Shaobo Han, Siheng Xu, Zhong Hu, Kai Yu
  • Patent number: 11833161
    Abstract: A pharmaceutical composition for treating skin infections is described herein. A method using a pharmaceutical composition for treating skin infections is described herein. A pharmaceutical composition for treating skin infections may comprise, in 100 parts of the composition, 1-99 parts of a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient; 99-1 parts of a keratolytic; 99-1 parts ethyl pyruvate; and 99-1 parts povidone iodine. A method for treating skin infections may comprise topical application of a composition to an infected skin cell for a treatment period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Pedicis Research LLC
    Inventors: Robert Alonso, Lawrence Stoll
  • Patent number: 11834600
    Abstract: Provided is a liquid crystal composition capable of forming an optically anisotropic layer, and method thereof, in which a variation in a twisted angle of liquid crystal compound in an in-plane direction is suppressed an optical film, and a circularly polarizing plate for an organic EL display. The liquid crystal composition contains a liquid crystal, optically active compound A which is a photosensitive optically active compound whose helical twisting power changes upon irradiation with light and has a molar absorption coefficient of 5,000 M?1·cm?1 or more with respect to light having a wavelength of 365 nm, and an optically active compound B having a molar absorption coefficient with respect to light having a wavelength of 365 nm smaller than the molar absorption coefficient of the optically active compound A, in which a mass content ratio of the optically active compound A to the liquid crystal compound is less than 0.01.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Keisuke Kodama, Yuki Fukushima, Shunya Katoh, Yuta Takahashi, Shinpei Yoshida, Satoshi Yanokuchi, Akira Maruyama, Hiroyuki Hagio
  • Patent number: 11826475
    Abstract: A method of treating a gastrointestinal disorder includes administering to a patient an effective amount of a multiparticulate dosage form including a plurality of individual spheroidal enteric coated cores having a diameter of 0.1 mm to 3 mm. The individual spheroidal enteric coated cores have (a) a core including menthol, (b) a proteinaceous subcoating over the core, and (c) an enteric coating over the proteinaceous subcoating. The multiparticulate dosage form is configured to release most of the menthol in the area of the GI tract where the inflammation is occurring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Société des Produits Nestlé S.A.
    Inventors: Syed M. Shah, Fred Hassan
  • Patent number: 11829022
    Abstract: A color filter array includes a first color resist, a second color resist, and a third color resist. The first color resist has a first color, the second color resist has a second color, and the third color resist has a third color. A transparency of the third color resist is greater than transparencies of the first color resist and the second color resist. The first color resist has a first edge and a second edge arranged along a first direction. The second color resist has a first edge and a second edge arranged along a first direction. The first color resist and the second color resist are arranged along a second direction. The first edge of the first color resist, the second edge of the second color resist, and the second edge of the first color resist are arranged sequentially along the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: E Ink Holdings Inc.
    Inventors: Ian French, Xian-Teng Chung, Liang-Yu Lin, Jau-Min Ding, Po-Yuan Lo
  • Patent number: 11822174
    Abstract: A button complex structure according to one embodiment of solving the aspect may include: a display panel including a first substrate, a second substrate on the first substrate, and a liquid crystal layer between the first substrate and the second substrate; a member on the second substrate; a first coupling member configured to couple the display panel to one surface of the member; a button structure disposed on the other surface opposite to the one surface of the member; and a second coupling member configured to couple the other surface of the member to the button structure, wherein the member includes a third substrate and the button structure is directly coupled to the third substrate via the second coupling member, wherein the button structure includes a button body fixed to the third substrate, a button circuit unit fastened to the button body, a button connected to the button circuit unit, and further includes a first communication unit disposed between the member and the display panel and a second co
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: TOVIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yong Beom Kim, Joon Seog Kim