Patents by Inventor Herbert Etheridge

Herbert Etheridge 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).

  • Publication number: 20060244779
    Abstract: A pen for use by a printer to print colloidal crystal structures. The pen includes a reservoir that holds a solution, where the solution can be used to grow a colloidal crystal structure. The pen also includes a printhead in fluidic communication with the reservoir and configured to eject drops of the solution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2005
    Publication date: November 2, 2006
    Inventors: Swaroop Kommera, Tim Koch, Herbert Etheridge
  • Publication number: 20060244781
    Abstract: A printer is described. The printer can automatically print a colloidal crystal structure at a first location on a substrate surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2005
    Publication date: November 2, 2006
    Inventors: Swaroop Kommera, Tim Koch, Herbert Etheridge
  • Publication number: 20060196407
    Abstract: An apparatus, including a substrate, where at least a portion of the substrate has a convex surface, and a photonic crystal disposed over the convex surface. The photonic crystal is substantially conformal to at least a portion of the convex surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2006
    Publication date: September 7, 2006
    Inventors: Herbert Etheridge, Henry Lewis, Carol McConica
  • Publication number: 20060171016
    Abstract: An apparatus, including a substrate, where at least a portion of the substrate has a convex surface, and a photonic crystal disposed over the convex surface. The photonic crystal is substantially conformal to at least a portion of the convex surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2005
    Publication date: August 3, 2006
    Inventors: Herbert Etheridge, Henry Lewis, Carol McConica
  • Publication number: 20060170334
    Abstract: An apparatus, including a substrate, having an internal surface where at least a portion of the internal surface has a smoothly varying curvature in three orthogonal directions. The apparatus also includes a photonic crystal disposed over and conformal to at least a portion of the internal surface having the smoothly varying curvature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2005
    Publication date: August 3, 2006
    Inventors: Herbert Etheridge, Henry Lewis, Carol McConica