Patents by Inventor Makoto Ooue

Makoto Ooue 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).

  • Liquid crystal display apparatus suppressed of orientation defect having metal film and photosensitive resin as a columnar spacer and fabrication method thereof
    Patent number: 6157431
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display apparatus suppressed of orientation defect includes a first substrate having a main surface, a liquid crystal drive element formed on the main surface of the first substrate, an oriented film formed on the main surface of the first substrate, a patterned metal film on the oriented film, photosensitive resin formed on the metal film, a second substrate arranged facing the first substrate with the metal film and the photosensitive resin as a spacer, and a liquid crystal compound filled between the first and second substrates. Also, a method of fabricating this liquid crystal display apparatus is claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2000
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Makoto Ooue, Shinji Shimada