G02B 26/026
Based on the rotation of particles under the influence of an external
Official title: {based on the rotation of particles under the influence of an external field, e.g. gyricons, twisting ball displays (based on orientable dipolar particles G02F1/172; based on electrophoresis G02F1/167)}
G02B26/026 (Based on the rotation of particles under the influence of an external) appears on 429 US grants and 395 published applications in this corpus.
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Multi-color electrophoretic displays and materials for making the same695US 6,017,584 AE Ink Corporation · 2000
- Shutter mode microencapsulated electrophoretic display625US 6,172,798 B2E Ink Corporation · 2001
- Electronically addressable microencapsulated ink and display thereof597US 6,120,588 AE Ink Corporation · 2000
- Shutter mode microencapsulated electrophoretic display588US 6,130,774 AE Ink Corporation · 2000
- Full color reflective display with multichromatic sub-pixels566US 7,075,502 B1E Ink Corporation · 2006