Patents by Inventor Alison Way

Alison Way 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).

  • Electrophoretic displays, display fluids for use therein, and methods of displaying images
    Patent number: 6529313
    Abstract: An electrophoretic display liquid composition for use in an electrophoretic display device that has a multiplicity of individual reservoirs, each containing the liquid, contains one or at least two sets of particles dispersed in a transparent and/or colored liquid system. The at least two sets of particles exhibit different, contrasting color and different charging properties from each other, while in the one particle system, the particles exhibit a different, contrasting color from the colored liquid. In all embodiments, at least one of the sets of particles are particles with adjustable morphology made from emulsion/aggregation process. The morphology of the particles is controlled to be from grape, cauliflower, raspberry, or potato up to substantially perfect spheres.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2003
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Pinyen Lin, David H. Pan, Chieh-Min Cheng, Adam Bush, James R. Combes, Pudupadi R. Sundararajan, Alison Way, Paul J. Gerroir, Naveen Chopra, Paul F. Smith, Rina Carlini