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Terminated conductive patterned sheet utilizing conductive conduits
Assignee: Eastman Kodak Co
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Filing: 2003-04-28
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Granted: 2006-11-21
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Expires: 2023-04-28
Abstract
Abstract Disclosed is an article comprising a polymer sheet containing a plurality of integral polymer conduit channels containing a transparent conductive material in which two or more such channels terminate.
Inventors
- 👤 Robert P. Bourdelais
- 👤 Cheryl J. Kaminsky
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-24 13:05
CPC Classifications
H; H05; H05K; H05K3/00; H05K3/10; H05K3/107; H05K1/00; H05K1/02; H05K1/09; H05K2201/00; H05K2201/01; H05K2201/0104; H05K2201/0108; H05K2201/03; H05K2201/032; H05K2201/0329; H05K2201/09; H05K2201/09009; H05K2201/09036; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/24; Y10T428/24744
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 32
Claim 1
Independent Claim
84 words
An article comprising a polymer sheet containing a plurality of patterned integral polymer conduit channels wherein the conduit channels comprise trenches, furrows or grooves in the surface of the polymeric material, wherein the conduits, measured from the surface of the top of the conduit, have a depth of between 0.1 and 100 micrometers, and further wherein the conduit channels contain a transparent conductive material in which two or more such channels terminate with a vertical offset, wherein the vertical offset is an inclined plane.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
84 words
An article comprising a polymer sheet containing a plurality of patterned integral polymer conduit channels wherein the conduit channels comprise trenches, furrows or grooves in the surface of the polymeric material, wherein the conduits, measured from the surface of the top of the conduit, have a depth of between 0.1 and 100 micrometers, and further wherein the conduit channels contain a transparent conductive material in which two or more such channels terminate with a vertical offset, wherein the vertical offset is an inclined plane.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
13 words
The article of claim 1 wherein said conduits terminate at a common intersection.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
13 words
The article of claim 1 wherein said conduits terminate at an electrical switch.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
15 words
The article of claim 1 wherein said conduits terminate at 90 degrees to each other.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
43 words
The article of claim 1 wherein said vertical offset is an inclined plane that originates at the surface of the sheet and ends at the final depth of the conduits and comprises a continuous slope with an incline from 30 to 75 degrees.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
17 words
The article of claim 1 wherein said vertical offset is the height of said polymer conduit channels.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
13 words
The article of claim 1 wherein said conductive material contains a colored dye.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
14 words
The article of claim 1 wherein said conduits terminate at a radio frequency receiver.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
13 words
The article of claim 1 wherein said conduits terminate at an integrated chip.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
13 words
The article of claim 1 wherein said conduits terminate at an addressable intersection.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
15 words
The article of claim 1 further comprising two or more said polymer layers adhesively adhered.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
21 words
The article of claim 1 wherein said polymer layer comprises said integral conduits on top and bottom of said polymer layer.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
12 words
The article of claim 1 wherein said conductive material comprises transparent polymer.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
35 words
The article of claim 13 wherein said electronically conductive polymer is selected from the group consisting of substituted or unsubstituted aniline containing polymers, substituted or unsubstituted pyrrole containing polymers, substituted or unsubstituted thiophene containing polymers.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
29 words
The article of claim 14 wherein said electrically conductive polymer is selected from the group consisting of poly(3,4-ethylene dioxythiophene styrene sulfonate), poly(pyrrole styrene sulfonate) and poly(3,4-ethylene dioxypyrrole styrene sulfonate).
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
16 words
The article of claim 1 wherein said conductive material comprises a gelatin binder and metallic salt.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
17 words
The article of claim 1 wherein said resistivity of the said conductive material is less-than 600 ohm-meters.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
19 words
The article of claim 1 wherein said resistivity of the said conductive material is between 0.1 and 300 ohm-meters.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
14 words
The article of claim 1 wherein said conductive material further comprises a protective overcoat.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
18 words
The article of claim 19 wherein said protective overcoat material has a resistivity greater than 5000 ohm meters.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
23 words
The article of claim 1 wherein said polymer conduits contain at least two layers with at least one layer comprising a conductive material.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
17 words
The article of claim 1 wherein said conductive material guides visible light waves in the channel plane.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
15 words
The article of claim 1 wherein said article has a light transmission greater than 80%.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
17 words
The article of claim 1 wherein said conduits have a depth of between 0.1 and 100 micrometers.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
17 words
The article of claim 1 wherein said conduits have a depth of between 0.1 and 10 micrometers.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
17 words
The article of claim 1 wherein said polymer sheet has a thickness between 20 and 120 micrometers.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
26 words
The article of claim 1 wherein said plurality of conduits have at least one direction change greater than 30 degrees relative to the conduit starting direction.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
13 words
The article of claim 1 wherein said polymer conduits comprise layered nanocomposite materials.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
14 words
The article of claim 1 wherein said polymer layer further comprises discrete polymer features.
Claim 31
Dependent Claim
15 words
The article of claim 1 further comprising an inkjet printed image adjacent to said conduits.
Claim 32
Dependent Claim
15 words
The article of claim 1 further comprising polymer light directing lenses located in said conduits.
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