Patents by Inventor Sebastian Pfeiffer

Sebastian Pfeiffer 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).

  • Device for low electric-field induced switching of Langmuir-Blodgett ferroelecric liquid crystal polymer films
    Patent number: 5293261
    Abstract: Devices in which a Langmuir-Blodgett film of a liquid crystal polymer is disposed between electrodes on the surface of a substrate exhibit fast ferroelectric switching in response to an electric field generated by the electrodes, and Langmuir-Blodgett films of a liquid crystal polymer exhibit pyroelectric properties even at thicknesses below 10-15 .mu.m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 1992
    Date of Patent: March 8, 1994
    Assignees: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Geo-Centers, Inc.
    Inventors: Ranganathan Shashidhar, Jawad Naciri, Sebastian Pfeiffer, Thomas L. Fare