Patents by Inventor Donald R. Diehl
Donald R. Diehl 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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Publication number: 20190146235Abstract: A stereo viewing device comprises a first lens comprising a first lens filter, and a second lens comprising a second lens filter. The first lens filter comprises a first set of light absorbing dyes that define a first set of rejection bands. The first set of light absorbing dyes comprises at least a first polymethine dye. The second lens filter comprises a second set of light absorbing dyes that define a second set of rejection bands different from the first set of rejection bands. The second set of light absorbing dyes comprises at least a second polymethine dye.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2017Publication date: May 16, 2019Applicant: IMAX THEATRES INTERNATIONAL LIMITEDInventors: Andrew F. Kurtz, Donald R. Diehl
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Publication number: 20180341119Abstract: A stereo viewing device comprises a first lens comprising a first lens filter, and a second lens comprising a second lens filter. The first lens filter comprises a first set of light absorbing dyes that define a first set of rejection bands. The first set of light absorbing dyes comprises at least a first polymethine dye. The second lens filter comprises a second set of light absorbing dyes that define a second set of rejection bands different from the first set of rejection bands. The second set of light absorbing dyes comprises at least a second polymethine dye.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2017Publication date: November 29, 2018Inventors: Andrew F. Kurtz, Donald R. Diehl
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Patent number: 9696472Abstract: A stereo viewing device comprises a first lens comprising a first lens filter, and a second lens comprising a second lens filter. The first lens filter comprises a first set of light absorbing dyes that define a first set of rejection bands. The first set of light absorbing dyes comprises at least a first polymethine dye. The second lens filter comprises a second set of light absorbing dyes that define a second set of rejection bands different from the first set of rejection bands. The second set of light absorbing dyes comprises at least a second polymethine dye.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2014Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: IMAX THEATRES INTERNATIONAL LIMITEDInventors: Andrew F. Kurtz, Donald R. Diehl
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Publication number: 20160170220Abstract: A stereo viewing device comprises a first lens comprising a first lens filter, and a second lens comprising a second lens filter. The first lens filter comprises a first set of light absorbing dyes that define a first set of rejection bands. The first set of light absorbing dyes comprises at least a first polymethine dye. The second lens filter comprises a second set of light absorbing dyes that define a second set of rejection bands different from the first set of rejection bands. The second set of light absorbing dyes comprises at least a second polymethine dye.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2014Publication date: June 16, 2016Inventors: Andrew F. Kurtz, Donald R. Diehl
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Patent number: 9005478Abstract: A liquid crystal composition comprising a chiral dopant compound represented by the following structure (Structure 1): wherein: R1 and R2 are independently hydrogen, —(C?O)R9, —(C?O)R10, alkyl, aryl, alkaryl, alkenyl, cycloalkyl, alkoxyaryl, or heterocyclic all either substituted or unsubstituted, or combine to form a carbocyclic or heterocyclic ring; R3 is hydrogen, halogen, cyano, alkoxy, NHCOR9, NHSO2R9, COOR9, OCOR9, aryl, alkyl, alkenyl, cycloalkyl, or heterocyclic all either substituted or unsubstituted; R4 is hydrogen, alkyl, aryl, alkenyl, cycloalkyl, or heterocyclic all either substituted or unsubstituted; R5, R6, R7, and R8 are independently hydrogen, halogen, cyano, alkoxy, NHCOR9, NHSO2R9, COOR9, OCOR9, aryl, alkyl, alkenyl, cycloalkyl, alkoxyaryl or heterocyclic all either substituted or unsubstituted, or combine with each other, or R5 can combine with R4 to form a carbocyclic or heterocyclic ring; R9 and R10 are independently alkyl, alkoxy, aryl, naphthyl, styryl, alkenyl, cycloalkyl, alkoType: GrantFiled: January 6, 2014Date of Patent: April 14, 2015Assignees: Kent Displays Incorporated, Kent State UniversityInventors: Donald R. Diehl, Erica N. Montbach
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Publication number: 20140117284Abstract: A liquid crystal composition comprising a chiral dopant compound represented by the following structure (Structure 1): wherein: R1 and R2 are independently hydrogen, —(C?O)R9, —(C?O)R10, alkyl, aryl, alkaryl, alkenyl, cycloalkyl, alkoxyaryl, or heterocyclic all either substituted or unsubstituted, or combine to form a carbocyclic or heterocyclic ring; R3 is hydrogen, halogen, cyano, alkoxy, NHCOR9, NHSO2R9, COOR9, OCOR9, aryl, alkyl, alkenyl, cycloalkyl, or heterocyclic all either substituted or unsubstituted; R4 is hydrogen, alkyl, aryl, alkenyl, cycloalkyl, or heterocyclic all either substituted or unsubstituted; R5, R6, R7, and R8 are independently hydrogen, halogen, cyano, alkoxy, NHCOR9, NHSO2R9, COOR9, OCOR9, aryl, alkyl, alkenyl, cycloalkyl, alkoxyaryl or heterocyclic all either substituted or unsubstituted, or combine with each other, or R5 can combine with R4 to form a carbocyclic or heterocyclic ring; R9 and R10 are independently alkyl, alkoxy, aryl, naphthyl, styryl, alkenyl, cycloalkyl, alkoType: ApplicationFiled: January 6, 2014Publication date: May 1, 2014Applicants: KENT STATE UNIVERSITY, KENT DISPLAYS INCORPORATEDInventors: Donald R. Diehl, Erica N. Montbach
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Patent number: 8709281Abstract: A liquid crystal composition comprising a chiral dopant compound represented by the following structure (Structure 1): wherein: R1 and R2 are independently hydrogen, —(C?O)R9, —(C?O)R10, alkyl, aryl, alkaryl, alkenyl, cycloalkyl, alkoxyaryl, or heterocyclic all either substituted or unsubstituted, or combine to form a carbocyclic or heterocyclic ring; and R3-R9 are as described in the disclosure. Also featured are liquid crystal compositions comprising a chiral dopant compound represented by any of Structure 2-4 as described in the disclosure.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2012Date of Patent: April 29, 2014Assignee: Kent State UniversityInventors: Donald R. Diehl, Erica N. Montbach
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Patent number: 8691111Abstract: A liquid crystal composition comprising a chiral dopant compound represented by the following formula: wherein: R1, R2 are independently aryl, alkyl, alkenyl, cycloalkyl, alkoxyaryl, alkaryl or heterocyclic all either substituted or unsubstituted, or combine to form a carbocyclic or heterocyclic ring; R3 and R4 are independently hydrogen, halogen, cyano, alkoxy, NHCOR7, NHSO2R7, COOR7, OCOR7, aryl, alkyl, alkenyl, cycloalkyl, alkoxyaryl, alkaryl or heterocyclic all either substituted or unsubstituted, or combine with either R1 or R2 to form a carbocylic or heterocyclic ring; R5 and R6 are independently hydrogen, CH2, CH, alkyl or aryl either substituted or unsubstituted, COOR7, or combine with L to form a carbocyclic or heterocyclic ring; R7 is aryl, alkyl, alkenyl, cycloalkyl, alkoxyaryl or heterocyclic all either substituted or unsubstituted; L is the non-metallic elements required to form a carbocyclic or heterocyclic ring, or a single bond or a double bond; m is 1-3; n is 0-12.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2012Date of Patent: April 8, 2014Assignee: Kent Displays Inc.Inventors: Donald R. Diehl, Thomas Welter, Erica N. Montbach, J. William Doane, Nithya Venkataraman
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Publication number: 20140054498Abstract: A liquid crystal composition comprising a chiral dopant compound represented by the following structure (Structure 1): wherein: R1 and R2 are independently hydrogen, —(C?O)R9, —(C?O)R10, alkyl, aryl, alkaryl, alkenyl, cycloalkyl, alkoxyaryl, or heterocyclic all either substituted or unsubstituted, or combine to form a carbocyclic or heterocyclic ring; and R3-R9 are as described in the disclosure. Also featured are liquid crystal compositions comprising a chiral dopant compound represented by any of Structure 2-4 as described in the disclosure.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2012Publication date: February 27, 2014Applicants: Kent State University, Kent Displays IncorporatedInventors: Donald R. Diehl, Erica N. Montbach
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Patent number: 8462298Abstract: An electronic display containing a light source and a color filter set, the color filter set comprising: a green color filter having a green filter layer comprising a first pigment having its maximum absorption at a wavelength from 600 to 700 nm wherein at least 90 volume percent of the first pigment particles have a particle size less than 300 nm, and a second pigment having its maximum absorption at a wavelength from 400 to 500 nm wherein at least 90 volume percent of the second pigment particles have a particle size less than 300 nm, and wherein the green filter layer has a transmittance of 60% or more at a wavelength of 520 nm and of no more than 10% at a wavelength of 480 nm and of no more than 10% at a wavelength of 590 nm; a blue color filter having a blue filter layer; a red color filter having a red filter layer; and wherein the color gamut defined by the electronic display has a % NTSCx,y ratio greater than 88%.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2011Date of Patent: June 11, 2013Assignee: Global OLED Technology LLCInventors: Margaret J. Helber, Paula J. Alessi, Mitchell S. Burberry, Donald R. Diehl, Mary C. Brick, Steven Evans, Ronald S. Cok
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Publication number: 20120273725Abstract: A liquid crystal composition comprising a chiral dopant compound represented by the following formula: wherein: R1, R2 are independently aryl, alkyl, alkenyl, cycloalkyl, alkoxyaryl, alkaryl or heterocyclic all either substituted or unsubstituted, or combine to form a carbocyclic or heterocyclic ring; R3 and R4 are independently hydrogen, halogen, cyano, alkoxy, NHCOR7, NHSO2R7, COOR7, OCOR7, aryl, alkyl, alkenyl, cycloalkyl, alkoxyaryl, alkaryl or heterocyclic all either substituted or unsubstituted, or combine with either R1 or R2 to form a carbocylic or heterocyclic ring; R5 and R6 are independently hydrogen, CH2, CH, alkyl or aryl either substituted or unsubstituted, COOR7, or combine with L to form a carbocyclic or heterocyclic ring; R7 is aryl, alkyl, alkenyl, cycloalkyl, alkoxyaryl or heterocyclic all either substituted or unsubstituted; L is the non-metallic elements required to form a carbocyclic or heterocyclic ring, or a single bond or a double bond; m is 1-3; n is 0-12.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2012Publication date: November 1, 2012Applicants: Kent State University, Kent Displays IncorporatedInventors: Donald R. Diehl, Thomas Welter, Erica N. Montbach, J. William Doane, Nithya Venkataraman
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Patent number: 8277697Abstract: A color filter having a filter layer comprising a fluorinated phthalocyanine pigment and at least one second pigment. In one embodiment, the second pigment has a maximum absorption at a wavelength from 400 to 500 nm to create a green color filter.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2008Date of Patent: October 2, 2012Assignee: Global Oled Technology LLCInventors: Tommie L. Royster, Jr., Paula J. Alessi, Donald R. Diehl
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Patent number: 7999451Abstract: A blue color filter having a blue filter layer comprising a first pigment having a maximum absorption at a wavelength within the range of from 550 to 650 nm, and a second pigment having a maximum absorption at a shorter wavelength than the first pigment within the range of from 500 to 600 nm, wherein the blue filter layer has chromaticity coordinates (x, y) in the 1931 CIE XYZ calorimetric system, calculated using CIE Standard Illuminant D65, that satisfy the expressions 0.134?x?0.15 and 0.03?y?0.06.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2006Date of Patent: August 16, 2011Assignee: Global OLED Technology LLCInventors: Margaret J. Helber, Paula J. Alessi, Mitchell S. Burberry, Donald R. Diehl, Mary C. Brick, Steven Evans, Ronald S. Cok
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Publication number: 20110183066Abstract: An electronic display containing a light source and a color filter set, the color filter set comprising: a green color filter having a green filter layer comprising a first pigment having its maximum absorption at a wavelength from 600 to 700 nm wherein at least 90 volume percent of the first pigment particles have a particle size less than 300 nm, and a second pigment having its maximum absorption at a wavelength from 400 to 500 nm wherein at least 90 volume percent of the second pigment particles have a particle size less than 300 nm, and wherein the green filter layer has a transmittance of 60% or more at a wavelength of 520 nm and of no more than 10% at a wavelength of 480 nm and of no more than 10% at a wavelength of 590 nm; a blue color filter having a blue filter layer; a red color filter having a red filter layer; and wherein the color gamut defined by the electronic display has a % NTSCx,y ratio greater than 88%.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 1, 2011Publication date: July 28, 2011Inventors: Margaret J. Helber, Paula J. Alessi, Mitchell S. Burberry, Donald R. Diehl, Mary C. Brick, Steven Evans, Ronald S. Cok
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Patent number: 7973902Abstract: An electronic display containing a light source and a color filter set, the color filter set comprising: a green color filter having a green filter layer comprising a first pigment having its maximum absorption at a wavelength from 600 to 700 nm wherein at least 90 volume percent of the first pigment particles have a particle size less than 300 nm, and a second pigment having its maximum absorption at a wavelength from 400 to 500 nm wherein at least 90 volume percent of the second pigment particles have a particle size less than 300 nm, and wherein the green filter layer has a transmittance of 60% or more at a wavelength of 520 nm and of no more than 10% at a wavelength of 480 nm and of no more than 10% at a wavelength of 590 nm; a blue color filter having a blue filter layer; a red color filter having a red filter layer; and wherein the color gamut defined by the electronic display has a % NTSCx,y ratio greater than 88%.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2006Date of Patent: July 5, 2011Assignee: Global OLED Technology LLCInventors: Margaret J. Helber, Paula J. Alessi, Mitchell S. Burberry, Donald R. Diehl, Mary C. Brick, Steven Evans, Ronald S. Cok
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Patent number: 7951450Abstract: A red color filter having a red filter layer comprising a pigment having a maximum absorption at a wavelength within the range of from 450 to 575 nm, wherein the red filter layer has chromaticity coordinates (x, y) in the 1931 CIE XYZ calorimetric system, calculated using CIE Standard illuminant D65, that satisfy the expressions 0.665?x?0.68 and 0.30?y?0.34.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2006Date of Patent: May 31, 2011Assignee: Global OLED Technology LLCInventors: Margaret J. Helber, Paula J. Alessi, Mitchell S. Burberry, Donald R. Diehl, Mary C. Brick, Steven Evans
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Publication number: 20110052801Abstract: A green color filter having a green filter layer comprising a bridged aluminum phthalocyanine pigment and a second pigment having its maximum absorption at a wavelength from 400 to 500 nm.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2010Publication date: March 3, 2011Inventors: Margaret J. Helber, Paula J. Alessi, Mitchell S. Burberry, Donald R. Diehl, Mary C. Brick, Steven Evans, Ronald S. Cok
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Patent number: 7837780Abstract: A green color filter having a green filter layer comprising a bridged aluminum phthalocyanine pigment and a second pigment having its maximum absorption at a wavelength from 400 to 500 nm.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2006Date of Patent: November 23, 2010Assignee: Global OLED Technology LLCInventors: Margaret J. Helber, Paula J. Alessi, Mitchell S. Burberry, Donald R. Diehl, Mary C. Brick, Steven Evans, Ronald S. Cok
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Patent number: 7781373Abstract: The present invention relates to a cyan dye donor element for thermal transfer imaging comprising a support having thereon a dye layer comprising a mixture of at least two cyan dyes dispersed in a polymeric binder, wherein at least one of the at least two cyan dyes is a light stabilizing dye represented by Formula I and a thermal image recording method utilizing the same cyan dye donor element. The present invention also relates to a cyan inkjet dye comprising a light stabilizing cyan dye represented by Formula I.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2007Date of Patent: August 24, 2010Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Donald R. Diehl, Shari L. Eiff, Christine J. Landry-Coltrain, Gary M. Russo
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Publication number: 20100102283Abstract: A color filter having a filter layer comprising a fluorinated phthalocyanine pigment and at least one second pigment. In one embodiment, the second pigment has a maximum absorption at a wavelength from 400 to 500 nm to create a green color filter.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2008Publication date: April 29, 2010Inventors: Tommie L. Royster, JR., Paula J. Alessi, Donald R. Diehl