Patents by Inventor Robert Sidney Archer

Robert Sidney Archer 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: 7989255
    Abstract: A method of forming an optical device comprising the steps of: providing a substrate comprising a first electrode capable of injecting or accepting charge carriers of a first type; forming over the first electrode a first layer that is at least partially insoluble in a solvent by depositing a first semiconducting material that is free of cross-linkable vinyl or ethynyl groups and is, at the time of deposition, soluble in the solvent; forming a second layer in contact with the first layer and comprising a second semiconducting material by depositing a second semiconducting material from a solution in the solvent; and forming over the second layer a second electrode capable of injecting or accepting charge carriers of a second type wherein the first layer is rendered at least partially insoluble by one or more of heat, vacuum and ambient drying treatment following deposition of the first semiconducting material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Assignees: Cambridge Display Technology Limited, General Electric Company
    Inventors: Craig Edward Murphy, Salvatore Cina, Timothy Butler, Matthew Roberts, Nalinkumar Lallubhai Patel, Clare Louise Foden, Mark Levence Leadbeater, Daniel Alan Forsythe, Robert Sidney Archer, Nicholas de Brissac Baynes, Nathan Luke Phillips, Anil Raj Duggal, Jie Liu
  • Publication number: 20090227052
    Abstract: A method of forming an optical device comprising the steps of: providing a substrate comprising a first electrode capable of injecting or accepting charge carriers of a first type; forming over the first electrode a first layer that is at least partially insoluble in a solvent by depositing a first semiconducting material that is free of cross-linkable vinyl or ethynyl groups and is, at the time of deposition, soluble in the solvent; forming a second layer in contact with the first layer and comprising a second semiconducting material by depositing a second semiconducting material from a solution in the solvent; and forming over the second layer a second electrode capable of injecting or accepting charge carriers of a second type wherein the first layer is rendered at least partially insoluble by one or more of heat, vacuum and ambient drying treatment following deposition of the first semiconducting material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2009
    Publication date: September 10, 2009
    Applicants: CAMBRIDGE DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY LIMITED, GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Craig Edward Murphy, Salvatore Cina, Timothy Butler, Matthew Roberts, Nalinkumar Lallubhai Patel, Clare Louise Foden, Mark Levence Leadbeater, Daniel Alan Forsythe, Robert Sidney Archer, Nicholas de Brissac Baynes, Nathan Luke Phillips, Anil Raj Duggal, Jie Liu
  • Patent number: 7531377
    Abstract: A method of forming an optical device comprising the steps of: providing a substrate comprising a first electrode capable of injecting or accepting charge carriers of a first type; forming over the first electrode a first layer that is at least partially insoluble in a solvent by depositing a first semiconducting material that is free of cross-linkable vinyl or ethynyl groups and is, at the time of deposition, soluble in the solvent; forming a second layer in contact with the first layer and comprising a second semiconducting material by depositing a second semiconducting material from a solution in the solvent; and forming over the second layer a second electrode capable of injecting or accepting charge carriers of a second type wherein the first layer is rendered at least partially insoluble by one or more of heat, vacuum and ambient drying treatment following deposition of the first semiconducting material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2009
    Assignee: Cambridge Display Technology Limited
    Inventors: Craig Edward Murphy, Salvatore Cina, Timothy Butler, Matthew Roberts, Nalinkumar Lallubhai Patel, Clare Louise Foden, Mark Levence Leadbeater, Daniel Alan Forsythe, Robert Sidney Archer, Nicholas de Brissac Baynes, Nathan Luke Phillips, Anil Raj Duggal, Jie Liu