Zhou; Guofu

Patent Applications and Registrations

Patent applications and USPTO patent grants for Zhou; Guofu.The latest application filed is for "use of zwitterion dopant in preparation of dynamic-scattering-mode-based liquid crystal material".

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33.46.151

Zhou; Guofu - Guangdong CN
Zhou; Guofu - Guangzhou CN
Zhou; Guofu - Panyu District Guangzhou Guangdong CN
ZHOU; Guofu - Panyu District CN
ZHOU; Guofu - Shenzhen Guangdong
Zhou; Guofu - Heyuan CN
Zhou; Guofu - Guangdong Province CN
Zhou; Guofu - Guangzhou City CN
Zhou; Guofu - Best NL
Zhou; Guofu - Eindhoven NL
Zhou; Guofu - Einhoven NL
Zhou; Guofu - Galmheuvel NL

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Patent Activity

Patent	Date
Fireproof material and fireproof plate, and fireproof wall structure for tunnel and construction method Grant 11,440,845 - Zhou September 13, 2	2022-09-13
Laser protective film and laser protective device comprising the same Grant 11,256,008 - Zhou , et al. February 22, 2	2022-02-22
Drying-wetting separated filling method and filling apparatus for electrowetting display device Grant 11,215,811 - Zhou , et al. January 4, 2	2022-01-04
Method for preparing multi-stable electroresponsive smart window Grant 11,209,711 - Zhou , et al. December 28, 2	2021-12-28
Method for preparing electrowetting display support plate Grant 11,181,733 - Zhou , et al. November 23, 2	2021-11-23
Use Of Zwitterion Dopant In Preparation Of Dynamic-scattering-mode-based Liquid Crystal Material App 20210355384 - ZHOU; Guofu ; et al.	2021-11-18
Dye-doped laser protective film Grant 11,175,436 - Zhou , et al. November 16, 2	2021-11-16
Liquid crystal mixture and temperature-responsive infrared reflection device Grant 11,168,256 - Zhou , et al. November 9, 2	2021-11-09
Nanowire Array, Optoelectronic Device And Preparation Method Thereof App 20210336003 - Notzel; Richard ; et al.	2021-10-28
Total-reflection infrared reflection device and preparation method thereof Grant 11,143,902 - Zhou , et al. October 12, 2	2021-10-12
Method For Preparing Multi-stable Electroresponsive Smart Window App 20210302776 - ZHOU; Guofu ; et al.	2021-09-30
Ingan Epitaxy Layer And Preparation Method Thereof App 20210272802 - Notzel; Richard ; et al.	2021-09-02
Preparation method for a temperature-responsive light reflecting coating and the light reflecting coating Grant 11,079,631 - Zhou , et al. August 3, 2	2021-08-03
Multi-stable electroresponsive smart window and preparation method thereof Grant 11,067,866 - Zhou , et al. July 20, 2	2021-07-20
Bistable driving method for electrowetting display and related electrowetting display Grant 10,991,322 - Zhou , et al. April 27, 2	2021-04-27
Electric response infrared reflection device and preparation method thereof Grant 10,942,402 - Zhou , et al. March 9, 2	2021-03-09
Electroresponsive liquid crystal dimming device Grant 10,901,278 - Zhou , et al. January 26, 2	2021-01-26
Water-responsive Interpenetrating Polymer Network, Preparation Method And Use Thereof App 20200339717 - ZHOU; Guofu ; et al.	2020-10-29
Electroresponsive Liquid Crystal Dimming Device App 20200333647 - ZHOU; Guofu ; et al.	2020-10-22
Laser Protective Film And Laser Protective Device Comprising The Same App 20200333514 - ZHOU; Guofu ; et al.	2020-10-22
Electrically-responsive Infrared Reflective Device App 20200326591 - ZHOU; Guofu ; et al.	2020-10-15
Multi-stable Electroresponsive Smart Window And Preparation Method Thereof App 20200326580 - ZHOU; Guofu ; et al.	2020-10-15
Preparation Method For A Temperature-responsive Light Reflecting Coating And The Light Reflecting Coating App 20200257170 - A1	2020-08-13
Testing System Based On Sensitivity Of Humidity Sensor App 20200182818 - ZHOU; Guofu ; et al.	2020-06-11
Color-changing Light-adjusting Liquid Crystal Device And Light Adjusting Method Thereof App 20200133036 - ZHOU; Guofu ; et al.	2020-04-30
Display structure with high-brightness diffuse reflector and manufacturing method thereof Grant 10,634,829 - Zhou , et al.	2020-04-28
Liquid Crystal Mixture And Temperature-responsive Infrared Reflection Device App 20200123445 - ZHOU; Guofu ; et al.	2020-04-23
Flexible Liquid Crystal Optical Shutter And Manufacturing Method Thereof App 20200124900 - ZHOU; Guofu ; et al.	2020-04-23
Method For Preparing An Infrared Reflective Device App 20200073159 - ZHOU; Guofu ; et al.	2020-03-05
Infrared Reflection Device With Adjustable Reflection Proportion App 20200057322 - ZHOU; Guofu ; et al.	2020-02-20
Total-reflection Infrared Reflection Device And Preparation Method Thereof App 20200041827 - ZHOU; Guofu ; et al.	2020-02-06
Dye-doped Laser Protective Film App 20200041701 - ZHOU; Guofu ; et al.	2020-02-06
Electrically Controlled Smart Window, Preparation Method Thereof, And Light-adjusting Method Thereof App 20200026113 - ZHOU; Guofu ; et al.	2020-01-23
Bistable Driving Method For Electrowetting Display And Related Electrowetting Display App 20200027407 - ZHOU; Guofu ; et al.	2020-01-23
Fireproof Material And Fireproof Plate, And Fireproof Wall Structure For Tunnel And Construction Method App 20200017412 - Zhou; Guofu	2020-01-16
Sound Insulating Material, Sound Insulating Plate And Partition Structure Of Train Carriage App 20200017411 - Zhou; Guofu	2020-01-16
Capacitive Sensor And Preparation Method Thereof App 20200011827 - ZHOU; Guofu ; et al.	2020-01-09
Method For Preparing Electrowetting Display Support Plate App 20200004009 - ZHOU; Guofu ; et al.	2020-01-02
Electric response infrared reflection device and preparation method thereof App 20190391437 - ZHOU; Guofu ; et al.	2019-12-26
Patterned Light-adjusting Glass And Preparation Method Thereof App 20190377207 - ZHOU; Guofu ; et al.	2019-12-12
Drying-wetting Separated Filling Method And Filling Apparatus For Electrowetting Display Device App 20190369384 - ZHOU; Guofu ; et al.	2019-12-05
Electro-wetting-based Microfluidic Droplet Positioning System And Method App 20190366333 - ZHOU; Guofu ; et al.	2019-12-05
Self-support Electrowetting Display And Preparation Method Therefor App 20190346673 - Zhou; Guofu ; et al.	2019-11-14
Three-layer full-color dynamic electronic paper Grant 10,466,471 - Zhou , et al. No	2019-11-05
Light-adjusting Device And Light-adjusting Method Thereof App 20190331946 - ZHOU; Guofu ; et al.	2019-10-31
Method And Device For Eliminating Image Border Of Electrophoretic Electronic Paper App 20190318695 - ZHOU; Guofu ; et al.	2019-10-17
Driving method for reducing ghosting of electrophoretic display Grant 10,410,592 - Yi , et al. Sept	2019-09-10
Electrofluidic support plates and preparation method therefor, and electrofluidic apparatus Grant 10,310,354 - Zhou , et al.	2019-06-04
Driving Method for Reducing Ghosting of Electrophoretic Display App 20180286318 - Yi; Zichuan ; et al.	2018-10-04
Three-layer Full-color Dynamic Electronic Paper App 20180246316 - ZHOU; Guofu ; et al.	2018-08-30
Electrofluid Support Plates And Preparation Method Therefor, And Electrofluid Apparatus App 20180231863 - ZHOU; Guofu ; et al.	2018-08-16
Preparation Method for the Nano-silver Particles App 20180200801 - ZHOU; Guofu ; et al.	2018-07-19
Device for light therapy with improved wearing comfort Grant 9,901,745 - Bembridge , et al. February 27, 2	2018-02-27
Oil puncture controlled starting system for EFD apparatus and manufacturing method therefor Grant 9,779,672 - Zhou , et al. October 3, 2	2017-10-03
Inorganic fireproof and heat-insulating material and article thereof Grant 9,708,536 - Zhou July 18, 2	2017-07-18
Electronic textile and method of manufacturing an electronic textile Grant 9,706,648 - Zhou , et al. July 11, 2	2017-07-11
Oil Puncture Controlled Starting System For Efd Apparatus And Manufacturing Method Therefor App 20170162129 - Zhou; Guofu ; et al.	2017-06-08
Phototherapy method and device Grant 9,636,522 - Oversluizen , et al. May 2, 2	2017-05-02
Display Structure Having Paper Effect And Manufacturing Method Thereof App 20170082849 - Zhou; Guofu ; et al.	2017-03-23
Display Structure With High-brightness Diffuse Reflector And Manufacturing Method Thereof App 20170045650 - Zhou; Guofu ; et al.	2017-02-16
Electronic textile with means for facilitating waste sorting Grant 9,474,151 - Van Os , et al. October 18, 2	2016-10-18
Electronic Textile And Method Of Manufacturing An Electronic Textile App 20160014890 - ZHOU; GUOFU ; et al.	2016-01-14
Electronic textile and method of manufacturing an electronic textile Grant 9,148,949 - Zhou , et al. September 29, 2	2015-09-29
Wearable And Breathable Photo Therapy Patch App 20150039060 - Paulussen; Elvira Johanna Maria ; et al.	2015-02-05
Inorganic Fireproof And Heat-insulating Material And Article Thereof App 20150010750 - Zhou; Guofu	2015-01-08
Electronic Textile With Means For Facilitating Waste Sorting App 20140334113 - Van Os; Jacobus Petrus Johannes ; et al.	2014-11-13
Device For Light Therapy With Improved Wearing Comfort App 20140128942 - Bembridge; Mathew Lee ; et al.	2014-05-08
Electrophoretic display panel using shake and reset pulses Grant 8,531,389 - Johnson , et al. September 10, 2	2013-09-10
Electronic Textile And Method Of Manufacturing An Electronic Textile App 20130176737 - Zhou; Guofu ; et al.	2013-07-11
Phototherapy Method and Device App 20130131762 - Oversluizen; Gerrit ; et al.	2013-05-23
Electrophoretic display unit Grant 8,300,006 - Zhou , et al. October 30, 2	2012-10-30
Electrophoretic Display Panel App 20120223933 - ZHOU; Guofu ; et al.	2012-09-06
Tamper Protection System For Preventing Theft Of Cargo App 20120098663 - Zhou; Guofu ; et al.	2012-04-26
Electrophoretic display panel Grant 8,149,208 - Zhou , et al. April 3, 2	2012-04-03
Electrophoretic Display Panel App 20110018861 - Zhou; Guofu ; et al.	2011-01-27
Electrophoretic display device and driving method therefor Grant 7,876,305 - Zhou , et al. January 25, 2	2011-01-25
Electrophoretic display and a method of shaking an electrophoretic display from an extreme position Grant 7,872,633 - Zhou , et al. January 18, 2	2011-01-18
Driving method for an electrophoretic display with accurate greyscale and minimized average power consumption Grant 7,839,381 - Zhou , et al. November 23, 2	2010-11-23
Electrophoretic display panel Grant 7,817,133 - Zhou , et al. October 19, 2	2010-10-19
Electrophoretic display with rapid drawing mode waveform Grant 7,804,483 - Zhou , et al. September 28, 2	2010-09-28
Transition between grayscale and monochrome addressing of an electrophoretic display Grant 7,800,580 - Johnson , et al. September 21, 2	2010-09-21
Scrolling function in an electrophoretic display device Grant 7,796,115 - Zhou , et al. September 14, 2	2010-09-14
Driving a bi-stable matrix display device Grant 7,786,974 - Zhou , et al. August 31, 2	2010-08-31
Display Panel App 20100149145 - Van Woudenberg; Roel ; et al.	2010-06-17
Method of compensating temperature dependence of driving schemes for electrophoretic displays Grant 7,623,113 - Zhou , et al. November 24, 2	2009-11-24
Temperature dependent electrophoretic preset pulse Grant 7,538,757 - Zhou , et al. May 26, 2	2009-05-26
Electrophoretic display panel Grant 7,495,651 - Zhou , et al. February 24, 2	2009-02-24
Display Device App 20090009443 - Bechtel; Hans-Helmut ; et al.	2009-01-08
Fast full color electrophoretic display with improved driving Grant 7,463,408 - Johnson , et al. December 9, 2	2008-12-09
Scrolling Function in an Electrophoretic Display Device App 20080291184 - Zhou; Guofu ; et al.	2008-11-27
(Re) Writable Disk with Electrophoetic Ink Label App 20080267034 - Zhou; Guofu ; et al.	2008-10-30
Electrophoretic Display Panel App 20080266243 - Johnson; Mark Thomas ; et al.	2008-10-30
Rewritable Optical Data Storage Medium And Use Of Such A Medium App 20080253272 - ZHOU; GUOFU ; et al.	2008-10-16
Electrophoretic Display Device App 20080231592 - Johnson; Mark Thomas ; et al.	2008-09-25
Electrophoretic Display Device App 20080231593 - Johnson; Mark Thomas ; et al.	2008-09-25
Electrophoretic Display and a Method and Apparatus for Driving an Electrophoretic Display App 20080224989 - Zhou; Guofu ; et al.	2008-09-18
Bistable Display Devices App 20080212165 - Jagt; Henri ; et al.	2008-09-04
Small Cartridge Free Optical Disc With High Level of Redundancy and Tolerance For Missing Data App 20080209461 - Johnson; Mark Thomas ; et al.	2008-08-28
Method of Increasing Image Bi-Stability and Grayscale Acuracy in an Electrophoretic Display App 20080158142 - Zhou; Guofu ; et al.	2008-07-03
Electrophoretic Display Panel App 20080150886 - Johnson; Mark Thomas ; et al.	2008-06-26
Method App 20080094315 - Johnson; Mark Thomas ; et al.	2008-04-24
Driving Circuit and Method for Data Drivers in a Bi-Stable Display App 20080043010 - Huitema; Hjalmar E.A. ; et al.	2008-02-21
Rail-Stabilized Driving Scheme With Image Memory For An Electrophoretic Display App 20070273637 - Zhou; Guofu ; et al.	2007-11-29
Electrophoretic display with reduction of remnant voltages by selection of characteristics of inter-picture potential differences App 20070262949 - Zhou; Guofu ; et al.	2007-11-15
Method and Apparatus for Updating Sub-Pictures in a Bi-Stable Electronic Reading Device App 20070247406 - Zhou; Guofu ; et al.	2007-10-25
Electrophoretic Display with Reduced Cross Talk App 20070212022 - Zhou; Guofu ; et al.	2007-09-13
Electrophoretic Display Activation for Multiple Windows App 20070206262 - Zhou; Guofu	2007-09-06
Electroporetic Display With Rapid Drawing Mode Waveform App 20070205978 - Zhou; Guofu ; et al.	2007-09-06
Electrophoretic display with cyclic rail stabilization App 20070176889 - Zhou; Guofu ; et al.	2007-08-02
Electrophoretic display with uniform image stability regardless of the initial optical states App 20070164982 - Zhou; Guofu	2007-07-19
Transition between grayscale an dmonochrome addressing of an electrophoretic display App 20070146306 - Johnson; Mark Thomas ; et al.	2007-06-28
Display apparatus with a display device and a rail-stabilized method of driving the display device App 20070146561 - Zhou; Guofu ; et al.	2007-06-28
Method and apparatus for reducing edge image retention in an electrophoretic display device App 20070126693 - Johnson; Mark Thomas ; et al.	2007-06-07
Electrophoretic display unit App 20070103426 - Johnson; Mark Thomas ; et al.	2007-05-10
Display apparatus with a display device and a cyclic rail-stabilized method of driving the display device App 20070103427 - Zhou; Guofu ; et al.	2007-05-10
Electrophoretic display device and a method and apparatus for improving image quality in an electrophoretic display device App 20070091117 - Zhou; Guofu ; et al.	2007-04-26
Look-up tables with graylevel transition waveforms for bi-stable display App 20070085819 - Zhou; Guofu ; et al.	2007-04-19
Method and apparatus for driving an electrophoretic display device with reduced image retention App 20070080926 - Zhou; Guofu ; et al.	2007-04-12
Crosstalk compensation in an electrophoretic display App 20070080927 - Zhou; Guofu ; et al.	2007-04-12
Bi-stable display with dc-balanced over-reset driving App 20070075963 - Zhou; Guofu ; et al.	2007-04-05
Electrophoretic display with reduced look-up-table memeory App 20070075962 - Zhou; Guofu ; et al.	2007-04-05
Electrowetting display device App 20070075941 - Zhou; Guofu ; et al.	2007-04-05
Electrophoretic display with improved image quality using rest pulses and hardware driving App 20070070028 - Zhou; Guofu ; et al.	2007-03-29
Method and apparatus for improving brightness in an electrophoretic display App 20070070029 - Johnson; Mark Thomas ; et al.	2007-03-29
Fast full color electrophoretic display with improved driving App 20070064302 - Johnson; Mark Thomas ; et al.	2007-03-22
Electrophoretic display activation with blanking frames App 20070057905 - Johnson; Mark T. ; et al.	2007-03-15
Bi-stable display with reduced memory requirement App 20070057906 - Johnson; Mark T. ; et al.	2007-03-15
Electrophoretic display panel App 20070052668 - Zhou; Guofu ; et al.	2007-03-08
Temperature compensation method for bi-stable display using drive sub-pulses App 20070052648 - Zhou; Guofu ; et al.	2007-03-08
Driving scheme for an electrophoretic display App 20070052665 - Zhou; Guofu ; et al.	2007-03-08
Bi-stable display with accurate greyscale and natural image update App 20070052667 - Zhou; Guofu ; et al.	2007-03-08
Electrophoretic display panel App 20070052669 - Zhou; Guofu ; et al.	2007-03-08
Reset pulse driving for reducing flicker in an electrophoretic display having intermediate optical states App 20070035510 - Zhou; Guofu ; et al.	2007-02-15
Multi-stack optical data storage medium and use of such medium Grant 7,169,454 - Van Schijndel , et al. January 30, 2	2007-01-30
Electrophoretic display panel App 20070018944 - Johnson; Mark Thomas ; et al.	2007-01-25
Electrophoretic display unit App 20070013683 - Zhou; Guofu ; et al.	2007-01-18
Electrophoretic display unit App 20070008278 - Johnson; Mark Thomas ; et al.	2007-01-11
Electrophoretic display and addressing method thereof App 20060290649 - Johnson; Mark Thomas ; et al.	2006-12-28
Driving scheme for monochrome mode and transition method for monochrome-to-greyscale mode in bi-stable displays App 20060290652 - Zhou; Guofu ; et al.	2006-12-28
Electrophoretic display panel App 20060290650 - Johnson; Mark Thomas ; et al.	2006-12-28
Driving method of an electrophoretic display with high frame rate and low peak power consumption App 20060291032 - Zhou; Guofu ; et al.	2006-12-28
Method of compensating temperature dependence of driving schemes for electrophoretic displays App 20060291122 - Zhou; Guofu ; et al.	2006-12-28
Driving method for an electrophoretic display with high frame rate and low peak power consumption App 20060291125 - Zhou; Guofu ; et al.	2006-12-28
Electrophoretic display unit App 20060279526 - Zhou; Guofu ; et al.	2006-12-14
Electrophoretic display panel App 20060274030 - Johnson; Mark Thomas ; et al.	2006-12-07
Driving method for an electrophoretic display with accurate greyscale and minimizedaverage power consumption. App 20060262083 - Zhou; Guofu ; et al.	2006-11-23
Electrophoretic display device App 20060262081 - Zhou; Guofu ; et al.	2006-11-23
Electrophoretic display unit App 20060262082 - Johnson; Mark Thomas ; et al.	2006-11-23
Electrophoretic display device App 20060256421 - Schoellmann; Volker ; et al.	2006-11-16
Electrophoretic display device and driving method App 20060250348 - Zhou; Guofu ; et al.	2006-11-09
Driving circuit and driving method for an electrophoretic display App 20060244714 - Zhou; Guofu ; et al.	2006-11-02
Electrophoretic display panel App 20060244713 - Zhou; Guofu ; et al.	2006-11-02
Grayscale generation method for electrophoretic display panel App 20060232548 - Johnson; Mark Thomas ; et al.	2006-10-19
Electrophoretic display panel with reduced power consumption App 20060232547 - Johnson; Mark Thomas ; et al.	2006-10-19
Electrophoretic active matrix display device App 20060227097 - Zhou; Guofu ; et al.	2006-10-12
Electrophoretic display panel App 20060227407 - Zhou; Guofu ; et al.	2006-10-12
Electrophoretic display App 20060227196 - Zhou; Guofu ; et al.	2006-10-12
Electrophoretic display panel Grant 7,109,969 - Zhou , et al. September 19, 2	2006-09-19
Electrophoretic display panel App 20060202948 - Johnson; Mark Thomas ; et al.	2006-09-14
Electrophoretic display panel App 20060187186 - Zhou; Guofu ; et al.	2006-08-24
Display device App 20060187187 - Johnson; Mark Thomas ; et al.	2006-08-24
Dispaly and a method of displaying and storing images App 20060181763 - De Zwart; Siebe Tjerk ; et al.	2006-08-17
Electrophoretic or bi-stable display device and driving method therefor App 20060170648 - Zhou; Guofu ; et al.	2006-08-03
Electrophoretic display with reduced power consumption App 20060170667 - Zhou; Guofu ; et al.	2006-08-03
Electrophoretic display unit App 20060170647 - Zhou; Guofu ; et al.	2006-08-03
Driving scheme for a bi-stable display with improved greyscale accuracy App 20060164405 - Zhou; Guofu	2006-07-27
Electrophoretic display unit App 20060158572 - Zhou; Guofu ; et al.	2006-07-20
Electrophoretic display panel App 20060152475 - Zhou; Guofu ; et al.	2006-07-13
Method for calibrating an electrophoretic dispaly panel App 20060146008 - Johnson; Mark Thomas ; et al.	2006-07-06
electrophoretic display panel App 20060139306 - Johnson; Mark Thomas ; et al.	2006-06-29
Driving a bi-stable matrix display device App 20060139305 - Zhou; Guofu ; et al.	2006-06-29
Electrophoretic display panel App 20060139307 - Zhou; Guofu ; et al.	2006-06-29
Electrophoretic display unit App 20060119567 - Zhou; Guofu ; et al.	2006-06-08
Usage mode for an electronic book App 20060119615 - Zhou; Guofu ; et al.	2006-06-08
Electrophoretic display panel App 20060092124 - Zhou; Guofu ; et al.	2006-05-04
Driving an electrophoretic display App 20060077190 - Zhou; Guofu ; et al.	2006-04-13
Electrophoretic display panel and driving method therefor App 20060071902 - Zhou; Guofu ; et al.	2006-04-06
Electrophoretic display device and driving method therefor App 20060066558 - Zhou; Guofu ; et al.	2006-03-30
Multi-stack optical data storage medium and use of such medium App 20060063108 - Van Schijndel; Mark ; et al.	2006-03-23
Driving a bi-stable matrix display device App 20060050050 - Zhou; Guofu ; et al.	2006-03-09
Electrophoretic display panel App 20060038928 - Zhou; Guofu ; et al.	2006-02-23
Electrophoretic display panel App 20050231460 - Zhou, Guofu ; et al.	2005-10-20
Multi-stack optical data storage medium and use of such medium App 20050226128 - Van Schijndel, Mark ; et al.	2005-10-13
Electrophoretic display and a method of driving an electrophoretic display App 20050179641 - Zhou, Guofu ; et al.	2005-08-18
Electrophoretic display device App 20050174341 - Johnson, Mark Thomas ; et al.	2005-08-11
Multi-stack optical data storage medium and use of such medium App 20050177842 - Zhou, Guofu	2005-08-11
Electrophoretic display panel App 20050162378 - Zhou, Guofu ; et al.	2005-07-28

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