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Touch panel spacer dots and methods of making

US7369122B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 14, 2001
Grant dateMay 6, 2008
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Expiry dateApr 12, 2025

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F3/045
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present invention provides touch panels and touch panel substrates that include spacer dots comprising a nanocomposite material. The present invention also provides methods of ink jet printing spacer dots for touch panel applications. The spacer dots and methods of making spacer dots can lead to spacers that have good durability, have controllable sizes, shapes, and spacings, and have desirable optical properties.

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