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Electro-optic device

CA 1330228 C · Owner: Shaw, Robert Norman · Inventors: Shaw, Robert Norman

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A method of minimising voltage induced drift in electro-optic devices, the optical state of which is controllable by the application of an electrical potential between first and second electrodes of the device the, method comprising controlling the electrical potentials applied to the first and second electrodes such that in use the average potential difference between the first and second electrodes is substantially zero.

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  • Granted June 14, 1994. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended June 14, 2011.
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FiledMay 18, 1989
GrantedJune 14, 1994
Term endedJune 14, 2011
Patent numberCA 1330228 C
Classification (IPC)G02F1/03 +2 more

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19901993199619992002200520082011Application filedMay 18, 1989Patent grantedJune 14, 1994Term endedJune 14, 2011

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