Patents by Inventor Myron W. Culver

Myron W. Culver 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).

  • Patent number: 8237157
    Abstract: An organic device including at least two electrodes; at least one organic active layer, wherein the organic active layer is disposed in between two electrodes; and an electrode modification layer, wherein the electrode modification layer is disposed in between two electrodes and in contact with one of the electrodes; and the electrode modification layer includes a fluorocarbon compound selected from the materials having a chemical structure of (CxFy)n, wherein the “x”, “y”, and “n” are integers, and wherein 1<x?70, 1<y?50, and n?1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Global OLED Technology LLC
    Inventors: Liang-Sheng Liao, Myron W. Culver, Ching W. Tang
  • Publication number: 20110203667
    Abstract: An organic device including at least two electrodes; at least one organic active layer, wherein the organic active layer is disposed in between two electrodes; and an electrode modification layer, wherein the electrode modification layer is disposed in between two electrodes and in contact with one of the electrodes; and the electrode modification layer includes a fluorocarbon compound selected from the materials having a chemical structure of (CxFy)n, wherein the “x”, “y”, and “n” are integers, and wherein 1<x?70, 1<y?50, and n?1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2010
    Publication date: August 25, 2011
    Applicant: Global OLED Technology LLC
    Inventors: Liang-Sheng Liao, Myron W. Culver, Ching W. Tang
  • Patent number: 7799439
    Abstract: An organic device including at least two electrodes; at least one organic active layer, wherein the organic active layer is disposed in between two electrodes; and an electrode modification layer, wherein the electrode modification layer is disposed in between two electrodes and in contact with one of the electrodes; and the electrode modification layer includes a fluorocarbon compound selected from the materials having a chemical structure of (CxFy)n, wherein the “x”, “y”, and “n” are integers, and wherein 1<x?70, 1<y?50, and n?1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignee: Global OLED Technology LLC
    Inventors: Liang-Sheng Liao, Myron W. Culver, Ching W. Tang
  • Patent number: 7052351
    Abstract: A method for forming a color organic light-emitting device including depositing a first electrode over a substrate; depositing a first emissive layer over the first electrode for producing a first colored light in response to hole-electron recombination; and selectively patternwise depositing a hole-blocking layer over the first emissive layer. The method also includes depositing a second emissive layer over the hole-blocking layer which in response to hole-electron recombination emits colored light different from the colored light emitted from the first emissive layer; depositing a second electrode over the second emissive layer; and whereby the patternwise deposition of the hole-blocking layer has been selected to substantially shift hole-electron recombination from the second to the first emissive layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2006
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Lee W. Tutt, Denis Y. Kondakov, Myron W. Culver
  • Patent number: 6939660
    Abstract: A donor element adapted for use in making an OLED device including a donor support element; a light-absorbing layer disposed over the donor support element, which in response to light, produces heat; a host material layer disposed over the light-absorbing layer; and a dopant layer disposed over the host material layer such that when the donor element is placed in a transfer relationship with the OLED device and when light is absorbed by the light-absorbing layer, heat is produced that causes the vaporization transfer of host materials and dopant materials from the light-absorbing layer to cause at least partial mixing in the OLED device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2005
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Lee W. Tutt, Myron W. Culver, Ching W. Tang
  • Patent number: 6890627
    Abstract: A donor element adapted for use in making an OLED device, includes a donor support substrate; a light-absorbing layer disposed over the substrate which, in response to light, produces heat; an emissive layer disposed over the light-absorbing layer; and a hole-transporting layer disposed over the emissive layer such that when the donor element is positioned in a transfer relationship with the OLED device and when light is absorbed by the light-absorbing layer, heat is produced that causes the vaporization transfer across a gap, of hole-transporting materials and emissive materials to the OLED device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2005
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Myron W. Culver, Lee W. Tutt, Mitchell S. Burberry, Ching W. Tang
  • Publication number: 20040206307
    Abstract: Making an OLED device, in a controlled environment, includes positioning a substrate having an electrode in a first station and coating one or more first organic layer(s); using a robot to grasp and remove the substrate from the first station and positioning the coated substrate into a second station, with a donor element that includes emissive organic material; applying radiation to selectively transfer organic material from the donor element to the substrate to form an emissive layer; forming a second electrode in a third station; and controlling the atmosphere in the stations so that the water vapor partial pressure is less than 1 torr but greater than 0 torr, or the oxygen partial pressure is less than 1 torr but greater than 0 torr, or both the water vapor partial pressure and the oxygen partial pressure are respectively less than 1 torr but greater than 0 torr.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2003
    Publication date: October 21, 2004
    Applicant: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Michael L. Boroson, Bradley A. Phillips, David B. Kay, Andrea S. Rivers, Mark D. Bedzyk, Lee W. Tutt, Myron W. Culver, Giana M. Phelan
  • Publication number: 20040151829
    Abstract: A method of forming a colored organic light-emitting device comprising: providing an anode and a cathode; forming at least one emissive layer for producing a predetermined colored light between the anode and cathode; forming at least one organic layer in relationship to the emissive layer by selectively transferring organic material from at least one donor element; and varying the thickness of the organic layer to produce effective colored light produced by the emissive layer for the organic light-emitting device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2003
    Publication date: August 5, 2004
    Applicant: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Michael L. Boroson, Lee W. Tutt, Myron W. Culver
  • Publication number: 20040029039
    Abstract: A donor element adapted for use in making an OLED device including a donor support element; a light-absorbing layer disposed over the donor support element, which in response to light, produces heat; a host material layer disposed over the light-absorbing layer; and a dopant layer disposed over the host material layer such that when the donor element is placed in a transfer relationship with the OLED device and when light is absorbed by the light-absorbing layer, heat is produced that causes the vaporization transfer of host materials and dopant materials from the light-absorbing layer to cause at least partial mixing in the OLED device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2002
    Publication date: February 12, 2004
    Applicant: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Lee W. Tutt, Myron W. Culver, Ching W. Tang
  • Publication number: 20040028942
    Abstract: A donor element adapted for use in making an OLED device, includes a donor support substrate; a light-absorbing layer disposed over the substrate which, in response to light, produces heat; an emissive layer disposed over the light-absorbing layer; and a hole-transporting layer disposed over the emissive layer such that when the donor element is positioned in a transfer relationship with the OLED device and when light is absorbed by the light-absorbing layer, heat is produced that causes the vaporization transfer across a gap, of hole-transporting materials and emissive materials to the OLED device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2002
    Publication date: February 12, 2004
    Applicant: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Myron W. Culver, Lee W. Tutt, Mitchell S. Burberry, Ching W. Tang
  • Publication number: 20030162108
    Abstract: A method for making an organic electroluminescent display device having an array of pixels disposed on a display substrate includes providing spacer elements either individually or as part of a donor element or a display substrate. Radiation-induced thermal transfer is then used to transfer organic material from the donor element to the display substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2002
    Publication date: August 28, 2003
    Applicant: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Mitchell S. Burberry, Lee W. Tutt, Myron W. Culver, Ching W. Tang
  • Patent number: 6610455
    Abstract: A method for making an organic electroluminescent display device having an array of pixels disposed on a display substrate includes providing a donor element and a display substrate that are heated to a desired temperature. Radiation-induced thermal transfer is then used to transfer organic material from the donor element to the display substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2003
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Mitchell S. Burberry, Lee W. Tutt, Myron W. Culver, Ching W. Tang
  • Patent number: 6570324
    Abstract: An image display device includes a substrate; a sparse array of light emitting elements formed on one side of the transparent substrate, the light emitting element being selectively addressable to form an image; an array of lens-lets located on the opposite side of the substrate, the focal plane of the lens-lets being at the one side of the substrate and the lens-lets being arranged with respect to the light emitting elements such that the light emitted by the light emitting elements is directed by the respective lens-lets to intersect at a common region associated with a predetermined viewing distance; and the sparseness of the array of the light emitting elements being such that the ratio of the light emitting area of the light-emitting element under a lens-let to the total area of the lens-let is less than or equal to 0.25.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2003
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Lee W. Tutt, Myron W. Culver, Mitchell S. Burberry, Ching W. Tang
  • Patent number: 6566032
    Abstract: An in-situ method for fabricating, at least in part, an OLED device that is moisture- or oxygen-sensitive, such method comprising the steps of: providing into a controlled atmosphere coater a receiver element which will form part of the OLED device; providing into the controlled atmosphere coater a donor support element and coating such donor support element to produce a donor element with one or more layers required to produce all or part of the OLED device; controlling the atmosphere in the controlled atmosphere coater under controlled conditions; positioning the coated side of the donor element in material transferring relationship to the receiver element to be coated; and applying radiation to the donor element to selectively transfer one or more layers from the donor element to the receiver element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2003
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Michael L. Boroson, Myron W. Culver, Lee W. Tutt
  • Patent number: 6424093
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescent display device that displays a preformed image includes spaced anode and cathode electrodes, organic electrically conductive hole transport layer and electron transport layer disposed between the anode and cathode electrodes, and a preformed image layer formed between the organic electrically conductive hole transport layer and electron transport layers such layer having a region that is preformed to have at least one preformed image such that when a voltage is applied across the anode and cathode electrodes which will cause a preformed image to be displayed. Voltages are applied across the anode and cathode electrodes of the organic electroluminescent display device causes the emission of light for viewing the preformed image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2002
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Jose M. Mir, Lee W. Tutt, Robert B. Bilhorn, Myron W. Culver
  • Publication number: 20020075566
    Abstract: A system for the display of digital or analog images with a beam-forming apparatus comprised of lenticular lens elements secured to or integrated with, or associated with individual pixel lines or sub-pixel elements in a line in the display. A lenticular array material can either be used as the substrate of the solid-state display device or affixed to the display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2000
    Publication date: June 20, 2002
    Inventors: Lee W. Tutt, Mitchell S. Burberry, Myron W. Culver, Ching W. Tang