PatentBrief

Inventor

Joseph Jacobson

Patents indexed

1

Year range

1999

Associated with

Years active

1999

Total patents

1

Most recent

1999

Frequent collaborator

Barrett Comiskey

Domains

consumer_electronicssemiconductorsmaterialstelecommunications

Activity by decade

1990s
1

Patents

1

Career timeline

1 patents, in 1999

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19992000

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US 5961804·1999·Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tiny Capsules for Electronic Paper Displays

MIT's 1999 patent on a special ink made of tiny capsules that can change color when an electric field is applied, forming the basis for early e-readers.

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