Patents by Inventor Louise Diane Farrand

Louise Diane Farrand 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).

  • PARTICLES FOR ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAYS
    Publication number: 20150129818
    Abstract: This invention relates to particles comprising a core particle and a polymeric shell, a process for their preparation, electrophoretic fluids comprising such particles, and electrophoretic display devices comprising such fluids.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2013
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventors: Lewis Blackman, Louise Diane Farrand, Jonathan Henry Wilson, Simon Biggs, Olivier Cayre, Simon Lawson, Alexandre Richez
  • PARTICLES FOR ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAYS
    Publication number: 20150129817
    Abstract: This invention relates to particles comprising a pigment core particle encapsulated by a polymer, a process for their preparation, electrophoretic fluids comprising such particles, and electrophoretic display devices comprising such fluids.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2013
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventors: Louise Diane Farrand, Emily Jane Thomas, Claire Topping, Jonathan Henry Wilson
  • PARTICLES FOR ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAYS
    Publication number: 20150129819
    Abstract: This invention relates to coloured particles comprising core particles and a polymeric shell, a process for their preparation, electrophoretic fluids comprising such particles, and electrophoretic display devices comprising such fluids.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2013
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventors: Louise Diane Farrand, Emily Jane Thomas, Jonathan Henry Wilson
  • PARTICLES FOR ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAYS
    Publication number: 20150126680
    Abstract: This invention relates to particles comprising a core particle and a polymeric shell, a process for their preparation, electrophoretic fluids comprising such particles, and electrophoretic display devices comprising such fluids.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2013
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Louise Diane Farrand, Jonathan Henry Wilson, Simon Biggs, Olivier Cayre, Simon Lawson, Alexandre Richez, Simone Stuart-Cole
  • PARTICLES FOR ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAYS
    Publication number: 20150123049
    Abstract: This invention relates to particles for electrophoretic displays, a process for their preparation, electrophoretic fluids comprising such particles, and electrophoretic display devices comprising such fluids.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2013
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Inventors: Louise Diane Farrand, Jonathan Henry Wilson, Simon Biggs, Olivier Cayre, Simon Lawson, Alexandre Richez, Simone Stuart-Cole
  • PARTICLES FOR ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAYS
    Publication number: 20150099119
    Abstract: This invention relates to coloured polymer, a process for their preparation, electrophoretic fluids comprising such particles, and electrophoretic display devices comprising such fluids.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2013
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Inventors: Louise Diane Farrand, Nils Greinert, Claire Topping, Jonathan Henry Wilson, Simon Biggs, Olivier Cayre, Simon Lawson, Alexandre Richez, Simone Stuart-Cole
  • ELECTROWETTING FLUIDS
    Publication number: 20150015931
    Abstract: This invention relates to electrowetting fluids, the use of these fluids for the preparation of an electrowetting displays devices, and electrowetting display devices comprising such fluids.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2013
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Louise Diane Farrand, Nathan Smith, Roshan Kumar, Anthony Lawrence
  • White reflective polymer particles
    Patent number: 8906998
    Abstract: This invention relates to white reflective polymer particles prepared by a reverse emulsion solvent removal process, electrophoretic fluids comprising such particles, and electrophoretic display devices comprising such fluids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Louise Diane Farrand, Mark John Goulding, Roger Kemp, Jonathan Henry Wilson
  • Coloured polymer particles
    Patent number: 8901219
    Abstract: This invention relates to coloured polymer particles prepared by a reverse emulsion solvent removal process, electrophoretic fluids comprising such particles, and electrophoretic display devices comprising such fluids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Louise Diane Farrand, Nils Greinert, Mark John Goulding, Mark James, Ashley Nathan Smith, Jonathan Henry Wilson
  • PARTICLES FOR ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAYS
    Publication number: 20140320951
    Abstract: This invention relates to polymer particles, a process for their preparation, the use of these particles for the preparation of an electrophoretic device, electrophoretic displays comprising such particle, and new polymerisable dyes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2012
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Inventors: Louise Diane Farrand, Claire Topping, Anthony Lawrence
  • Thiophene compounds for liquid-crystalline media
    Patent number: 8871952
    Abstract: The invention relates to liquid-crystalline compounds of the formula I in which R1, R2, A1, A2, A3, A4, Z1, Z2, Z3, V, a, b and c have the meanings indicated in Claim 1, and to liquid-crystalline media comprising at least one compound of the formula I, and to electro-optical displays containing a liquid-crystalline medium of this type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Lars Lietzau, Louise Diane Farrand, Markus Czanta, Harald Hirschmann, Michael Wittek, Izumi Saito, Brigitte Schuler
  • COLOURED POLYMER PARTICLES
    Publication number: 20140209829
    Abstract: This invention relates to coloured polymer particles prepared by a reverse emulsion solvent removal process, electrophoretic fluids comprising such particles, and electrophoretic display devices comprising such fluids.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2012
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Louise Diane Farrand, Jonathan Henry Wilson, Emily Jane Thomas, Ashley Nathan Smith
  • Coloured particles for electrophoretic displays
    Patent number: 8743451
    Abstract: This invention relates to colored polymer particles preferably with surface functionality for charge retention, a process for their preparation, the use of these particles for the preparation of an electrophoretic device, and to color electrophoretic displays comprising such particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Louise Diane Farrand, Mark John Goulding, Jonathan Henry Wilson, Ashley Nathan Smith, Mark James, Daniel Walker
  • PARTICLES FOR ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAYS
    Publication number: 20140084216
    Abstract: This invention relates to electrophoretic fluids comprising, preferably coloured, polymer particles having non-spherical shape, and the use of these particles for the preparation of mono, bi or polychromal electrophoretic devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2012
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Louise Diane Farrand, Jonathan Henry Wilson, Mark John Goulding, Sean Butterworth, Stephen Georg Yeates, Brian Saunders
  • REACTIVE MESOGEN BASED POLYMER PARTICLES
    Publication number: 20140085709
    Abstract: This invention relates to polymer particles comprising monomer units of at least one reactive mesogen, a process for their preparation, the use of these particles for the preparation of optical, electrooptical, electronic, electrochemical, electrophotographic, electrowetting and electrophoretic displays and/or devices and security, cosmetic, decorative, and diagnostic applications, and electrophoretic fluids and displays.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2012
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Laura Ramon-Gimenez, Jonathan Henry Wilson, Owain Llyr Parri, Mark John Goulding, Roger Kemp, Louise Diane Farrand
  • THIOPHENE COMPOUNDS FOR LIQUID-CRYSTALLINE MEDIA
    Publication number: 20140070141
    Abstract: The invention relates to liquid-crystalline compounds of the formula I in which R1, R2, A1, A2, A3, A4, Z1, Z2, Z3, V, a, b and c have the meanings indicated in Claim 1, and to liquid-crystalline media comprising at least one compound of the formula I, and to electro-optical displays containing a liquid-crystalline medium of this type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2013
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GmbH
    Inventors: Lars LIETZAU, Louise Diane FARRAND, Markus CZANTA, Harald HIRSCHMANN, Michael WITTEK, Izumi SAITO, Brigitte SCHULER
  • Thiophene compounds for liquid-crystalline media
    Patent number: 8609714
    Abstract: The invention relates to liquid-crystalline compounds of the formula I in which R1, R2, A1, A2, A3, A4, Z1, Z2, Z3, V, a, b and c have the meanings indicated in Claim 1, and to liquid-crystalline media comprising at least one compound of the formula I, and to electro-optical displays containing a liquid-crystalline medium of this type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: MERCK PATENT GmbH
    Inventors: Lars Lietzau, Louise Diane Farrand, Markus Czanta, Harald Hirschmann, Michael Wittek, Izumi Saito, Brigitte Schuler
  • Particles for electrophoretic displays
    Patent number: 8593719
    Abstract: This invention relates to colored polymer particles preferably with surface functionality for charge retention, a process for their preparation, the use of these particles for the preparation of an electrophoretic device, color electrophoretic displays comprising such particle, and new water-soluble dyes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Louise Diane Farrand, Mark James, Matthias Koch, Ashley Nathan Smith, Jonathan Henry Wilson, Mark John Goulding, Daniel Walker
  • PARTICLES FOR ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAYS
    Publication number: 20130208344
    Abstract: This invention relates to coloured polymer particles preferably with surface functionality for charge retention, a process for their preparation, the use of these particles for the preparation of an electrophoretic device, colour electrophoretic displays comprising such particle, and new polymerisable dyes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2011
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Louise Diane Farrand, Mark James, Emily Jane Thomas, Claire Topping, Jonathan Henry Wilson
  • Coloured particles for electrophoretic displays
    Patent number: 8462423
    Abstract: This invention relates to colored polymer particles preferably with surface functionality for charge retention, a process for their preparation, the use of these particles for the preparation of an electrophoretic device, and to color electrophoretic displays comprising such particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Louise Diane Farrand, Ashley Nathan Smith, Mark James, Jonathan Henry Wilson, Daniel Walker