Inventor · Kent, OH, US

J. William Doane

23Patents
15h-index
31Co-inventors
81Inventor score

Filing activity: Jun 27, 1986 → Aug 26, 2013

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US4671618A Liquid crystalline-plastic material having submillisecond switch times and extended memory Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 276 Expired
US5437811A Liquid crystalline light modulating device and material Physics 268 Expired
US5251048A Method and apparatus for electronic switching of a reflective color display Physics 224 Expired
US4890902A Liquid crystal light modulating materials with selectable viewing angles Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 212 Expired
US5695682A Liquid crystalline light modulating device and material Physics 200 Expired
US5691795A Polymer stabilized liquid crystalline light modulating device and material Physics 188 Expired
US6061107A Bistable polymer dispersed cholesteric liquid crystal displays Physics 179 Expired
US5384067A Grey scale liquid crystal material Physics 145 Expired
US6104448A Pressure sensitive liquid crystalline light modulating device and material Physics 145 Expired
US6518944B1 Combined cholesteric liquid crystal display and solar cell assembly device Physics 59 Expired
US7236151B2 Liquid crystal display Chemistry; Metallurgy 48 Expired
US8139039B2 Selectively erasable electronic writing tablet Physics 24 Active
US5093735A Infrared modulating material comprising a liquid crystal and a medium Physics 22 Expired
US5040877A Low loss liquid crystal modulator for coloring and shaping a light beam Electricity 19 Expired
US6532052B1 Brightness enhancement for bistable cholesteric displays Physics 16 Expired
US6483563B2 Brightness enhancement for bistable cholesteric displays Physics 15 Expired
US8138939B2 Drug dispenser/container display Physics 13 Active
US7773064B2 Liquid crystal display films Physics 8 Active
US7796103B2 Drapable liquid crystal transfer display films Physics 7 Active
US8199086B2 Stacked color photodisplay Physics 5 Active
US8329058B2 Chiral nematic photo displays Chemistry; Metallurgy 1 Active
US8691111B2 Tetraoxybiphenyl ester chiral dopants for cholesteric liquid crystal displays Chemistry; Metallurgy 0 Active
US9235096B2 Inductive switching of cholesteric liquid crystal display device Physics 0 Active

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.