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Michael John Towler
Also filed as: TOWLER MICHAEL J · TOWLER MICHAEL JOHN
52 granted patents·2 pending applications·1,645 citations·filing 1994–2002
99Inventor score
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54 records- 0192US6108122ALight modulating devicesSHARP KK·Filed 1999·Granted Aug 22, 2000·135 cites·84 claims
- 0291US6204904B1Reflective liquid crystal deviceSHARP KK·Filed 1997·Granted Mar 20, 2001·120 cites·47 claims
- 0389US6222672B1Imaging systemsSHARP KK·Filed 1998·Granted Apr 24, 2001·134 cites·19 claims
- 0489US5905482AFerroelectric liquid crystal displays with digital greyscaleSECR DEFENCE BRIT·Filed 1995·Granted May 18, 1999·117 cites·8 claims
- 0587US6624863B1Method of making a patterned retarder, patterned retarder and illumination sourceSHARP KK·Filed 1998·Granted Sep 23, 2003·82 cites·31 claims
- 0686US6144433ALCD in which two regions of liquid crystal layer act as two optical retarders having inclined optic axesSHARP KK·Filed 1997·Granted Nov 7, 2000·84 cites·38 claims
- 0784US6774977B1Liquid crystal device and displaySHARP LAB OF EUROP LTD·Filed 2000·Granted Aug 10, 2004·32 cites·12 claims
- 0884US6577364B1Reflective liquid crystal deviceSHARP KK·Filed 2000·Granted Jun 10, 2003·26 cites·32 claims
- 0977US6765640B1Reflective liquid crystal devicesSHARP KK·Filed 2000·Granted Jul 20, 2004·18 cites·19 claims
- 1077US6621476B2Method of driving a liquid crystal display device, and a liquid crystal display deviceSHARP KK·Filed 2000·Granted Sep 16, 2003·16 cites·25 claims
- 1177US6151096ALiquid crystal display including dopant phase-separated from liquid crystalSHARP KK·Filed 1997·Granted Nov 21, 2000·53 cites·20 claims
- 1276US6714276B2Liquid crystal display deviceSHARP KK·Filed 2001·Granted Mar 30, 2004·19 cites·31 claims
- 1375US6512569B1Liquid crystal display device and a method of manufacture thereof, and a substrate and a method of manufacture thereofSHARP KK·Filed 1999·Granted Jan 28, 2003·49 cites·13 claims
- 1475US5973817APolarization independent optical phase modulatorSHARP KK·Filed 1998·Granted Oct 26, 1999·48 cites·19 claims
- 1575US5796459ABistable nematic liquid crystal device with bigrating alignment layers and twistSECR DEFENCE BRIT·Filed 1995·Granted Aug 18, 1998·53 cites·14 claims
- 1670US6075506ADisplay and method of operating a displaySHARP KK·Filed 1997·Granted Jun 13, 2000·31 cites·10 claims
- 1769US6735017B1Broadband optical retardation deviceSHARP KK·Filed 1998·Granted May 11, 2004·42 cites·28 claims
- 1867US5880798ATwisted nematic liquid crystal deviceSHARP KK·Filed 1997·Granted Mar 9, 1999·36 cites·15 claims
- 1965US6157427AOptical device with combined alignment and anisotropic layersSHARP KK·Filed 1998·Granted Dec 5, 2000·37 cites·21 claims
- 2065US5754264AFerroelectric liquid crystal device alignmentSECR DEFENCE BRIT·Filed 1995·Granted May 19, 1998·33 cites·18 claims
- 2164US6232943B1Liquid crystal displaySHARP KK·Filed 1998·Granted May 15, 2001·28 cites·4 claims
- 2264US6222605B1Surface mode liquid crystal device and method of making a liquid crystal deviceSHARP KK·Filed 1996·Granted Apr 24, 2001·31 cites·21 claims
- 2364US5986740ALiquid crystal diffractive spatial light modulator and display having two switchable retarders and one passive retarderSHARP KK·Filed 1997·Granted Nov 16, 1999·33 cites·10 claims
- 2463US6091463ADiffractive spatial light modulatorSHARP KK·Filed 1998·Granted Jul 18, 2000·30 cites·16 claims
- 2561US6593987B1Multi-domain surface mode deviceSHARP KK·Filed 1999·Granted Jul 15, 2003·27 cites·38 claims
- 2660US6201589B1Spatial light modulator and display with picture elements having electrically floating electrodesSHARP KK·Filed 1998·Granted Mar 13, 2001·26 cites·18 claims
- 2760US5808716ALiquid crystal device and method of making a liquid crystal deviceSHARP KK·Filed 1995·Granted Sep 15, 1998·27 cites·17 claims
- 2856US6061043ALiquid crystal display having grey levels with reduced variations due to temperature and liquid crystal variationsSHARP KK·Filed 1997·Granted May 9, 2000·17 cites·9 claims
- 2954US6271820B1Light modulating devicesFiled 1998·Granted Aug 7, 2001·19 cites·16 claims
- 3054US5764325ALiquid crystal device alignmentSECR DEFENCE BRIT·Filed 1995·Granted Jun 9, 1998·21 cites·21 claims
- 3154US5724113ALiquid crystal device alignment layer having an asymmetric profile grating on its surfaceSECR DEFENCE BRIT·Filed 1995·Granted Mar 3, 1998·21 cites·19 claims
- 3250US7259818B2Nematic liquid crystal devices comprising surface protrusions formed of anisotropic material for nucleation of an active regionSHARP KK·Filed 2002·Granted Aug 21, 2007·3 cites·22 claims
- 3348US6628068B1Luminescent device and a liquid crystal device incorporating a luminescent deviceSHARP KK·Filed 1999·Granted Sep 30, 2003·32 cites·25 claims
- 3448US6462796B1Liquid crystal display element and manufacturing method thereofSHARP KK·Filed 1999·Granted Oct 8, 2002·15 cites·13 claims
- 3548US6104368ADiffractive liquid crystal deviceSHARP KK·Filed 1998·Granted Aug 15, 2000·16 cites·12 claims
- 3648US5844537ALiquid crystal display, data signal generator, and method of addressing a liquid crystal displaySHARP KK·Filed 1995·Granted Dec 1, 1998·13 cites·14 claims
- 3747US6369789B1Reduction of ionic memory effect in ferroelectric liquid crystal materialSHARP KK·Filed 1999·Granted Apr 9, 2002·14 cites·66 claims
- 3847US5999242AAddressable matrix array containing electrodes with a variety of resistances for ferroelectric liquid crystal deviceSHARP KK·Filed 1997·Granted Dec 7, 1999·14 cites·9 claims
- 3946US6104365ALight modulating devicesSHARP KK·Filed 1998·Granted Aug 15, 2000·13 cites·18 claims
- 4046US5990991ATwisted liquid crystal surface mode deviceSHARP KK·Filed 1997·Granted Nov 23, 1999·13 cites·44 claims
- 4145US6094249ASpatial light modulator and display with reduced electrical connectivity requirementSHARP KK·Filed 1998·Granted Jul 25, 2000·13 cites·13 claims
- 4245US5724060AMultiplex addressing of ferro-electric liquid crystal displaysSECR DEFENCE BRIT·Filed 1994·Granted Mar 3, 1998·12 cites·6 claims
- 4340US6215533B1Ferroelectric liquid crystal driving using square wave and non-square wave signalsSHARP KK·Filed 1997·Granted Apr 10, 2001·8 cites·34 claims
- 4439US6122028AReflective liquid crystal device with polarizing beam splitterSHARP KK·Filed 1998·Granted Sep 19, 2000·9 cites·16 claims
- 4538US6417826B1Liquid crystal device and method of addressing liquid crystal deviceSHARP KK·Filed 1999·Granted Jul 9, 2002·7 cites·36 claims
- 4637US6600537B2Liquid crystal deviceSHARP KK·Filed 2002·Granted Jul 29, 2003·0 cites·18 claims
- 4737US2002084961A1Liquid crystal display device and a method of operating a liquid crystal display deviceFiled 2001·Application pending·0 cites
- 4836US2003067575A1Liquid crystal display deviceFiled 2002·Application pending·0 cites
- 4935US6046715ALiquid crystal array deviceSHARP KK·Filed 1997·Granted Apr 4, 2000·4 cites·20 claims
- 5035US5764211AApparatus and method for applying pre-pulses to row selection electrodes in a liquid crystal device to prevent patterning dependence of switching behaviourSHARP KK·Filed 1995·Granted Jun 9, 1998·5 cites·15 claims
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