Royalty Report: Electrical & Electronics, Transportation, Automotive – Collection: 274276

License Grant

The Licensee desires to have a research license to determine the feasibility of incorporating such technology in its products.

For the Technology Transfer, Licensor shall transfer the tangible Licensor Technology deliverables.

For the Research License, Licensor grants a license, in and to the Licensor Technology and under the Assignable Patents, to design, make, have made and use Licensed Products for research purposes only, including providing prototypes thereof to prospective customers to determine feasibility and customer acceptance.

For the Patent Assignment Option, the Licensee shall have the exclusive option to acquire the Assignable Patents.

License Property

Licensor has developed certain electro-kinetic display technology.

Licensed Product means any product, product line, service, device, system, component, hardware, software or any combination of the foregoing, which is made, used, imported, exported, distributed, sold, offered for sale, or developed by a Party and which, in the absence of a license granted under this Agreement, would infringe at least one claim of one of the Assignable Patents or the Follow-on Patents or otherwise uses the Licensor Technology in its use or manufacture.

The licensed property includes information for Formulations for black EKD fluid, Formulation for structure resin, Embossing patterns and design files, and Electrical driving schemes.

Field of Use

The Field of Use means any field including imaging applications, which for purposes hereof, means at least 126 single color pixels per inch or, equivalently, 42 side-by-side full-color pixels per inch, and signage, but excluding the tinting of windows, visors, goggles, and eyeglasses.

Electrokinetic (EK) film technology employs an optical switching film that can be applied to glass surfaces in windows or doors enabling electronic control of the color and tint.  The technology utilizes nanometer-sized pigment particles that are electrically charged and suspended in a liquid sandwiched between two clear substrates. A transparent conductor is deposited on the inside surfaces of the plastic films. In a non-energized state, the suspended pigment particles are distributed uniformly between the plastic films, and will absorb, transmit, or reflect light depending on the properties of the suspended pigment. When the proper electrical signal is applied to the conductive Indium Tin Oxide (ITO) layers, an electrical field is created and the charged pigment particles collect in micro-embossed holes in a layer of polymer resin over the transparent conductor surface. As the charged pigment particles are collected, the fluid becomes highly transparent (light state). By applying a different electrical signal, the pigment can be dispersed back into the fluid to achieve the desired color density.
Licensee expects our future licensees to manufacture and distribute the electrokinetic film that is applied to or laminated in glass as part of automobile sunroofs, skylights, and windows within residential front doors.

License Grant

The Licensor granted the Licensee a non-exclusive right and license to use all of the Technical Information, if any,  furnished by Licensor,  any invention claimed in any of the unexpired patents now or hereafter, or unexpired patents which issue from pending patent applications now or hereafter,  and any continuations, continuations-in-part, divisions, reissues, reexaminations, or extensions thereof to make, have made, and to lease, sell, or otherwise dispose of the Licensed Products.

License Property

“Light Valve” means a variable light transmission device comprising: a cell including cell walls, containing or adapted to contain an activatable material, described hereinafter, such that a change in the optical characteristics of the activatable material affects the characteristics of light absorbed by, transmitted through and/or reflected from the cell; means incorporated in or on the cell, or separate therefrom for applying an electric or magnetic field to the activatable material within the cell; and coatings, (including, but not limited to, electrodes), spacers, seals, electrical and/or electronic components, and other elements incorporated in or on the cell.  The activatable material, which the cell contains or is adapted to contain, includes in it solid suspended particles, which when subjected to a suitable electric or magnetic field, orient to produce a change in the optical characteristics of the device, and may be in the form a liquid suspension, gel, film or other material.

“Light Valve Film” means a film or sheet or more than one thereof comprising a suspension of particles used or intended for use solely in or as a Light Valve.  The Light Valve Film shall comprise either (a) a suspension of particles dispersed throughout a continuous liquid phase enclosed within one or more rigid or flexible solid films or sheets, or (b) a discontinuous phase of a liquid comprising dispersed particles, said discontinuous phase being dispersed throughout a continuous phase of a rigid or flexible solid film or sheet.  The Light Valve Film may also comprise one or more other layers such as, without limitation, a film, coating or sheet or combination thereof, which may provide the Light Valve Film with (1) scratch resistance, (2) protection from ultraviolet radiation, (3) reflection of infrared energy, and/or (4) electrical conductivity for transmitting an applied electric or magnetic field to the activatable material.

“Light Valve Transportation Vehicle Window Product” means a Light Valve used or intended for use solely as a window (including sunroofs and window panes which are an integral part of the internal or external structure) integrally incorporated in a mass transportation vehicle of a type not designed or primarily intended for military use.  The term “Light Valve  Transportation Vehicle Window Product” shall not include a Light Valve used or intended for use as a sun visor, but may include Light Valves which are used or intended for use in a non-military transportation vehicle as, or as part of, or are laminated to, or whose surface area is primarily attached to, a window, sunroof or windshield. The term “mass transportation vehicle” shall mean busses, trains (including light rail trains and monorails), used for mass transit, but shall exclude passenger cars, recreational vehicles, trucks, mobile cranes, construction vehicles, boats or other watercraft, aircraft, space craft and space-stations and other types of vehicles not specifically enumerated above.

United States Patents: 4,772,103, 5,002,701, 4,877,313, 5,093,041, 5,111,331, 5,130,057, 5,279,773, 5,325,220, 5,463,491, 5,463,492, 5,461,506, 5,467,217, 5,516,463, 5,650,872, 5,728,251, 5,764,402, 5,838,482, 5,691,849, 6,114,405, 6,156,239, 6,271,956B1, 6,301,040, 6,334,967 B1, 6,416,827, 6,429,961B1, 6,517,746, 6,522,446, 6,529,312B1, 6,606,185B2

License Grant

Licensor has engaged in research and development in the application of physicochemical concepts to Light Valves and Licensed Products and of methods and apparatus relating to products incorporating such concepts; and is possessed of and can convey information and know-how for such products and rights to manufacture, use and sell such products; and the Belgian Licensee is interested in manufacturing and selling Licensed Products; and the Belgian Licensee desires to acquire from Licensor, and Licensor desires to grant to Belgian Licensee, certain rights and Licenses with respect to such technology of Licensor.

License Property

When integrated with windows, skylights, light tubes, doors, interior partitions and other products, SPD-Smart film gives users the ability to rapidly, precisely and uniformly control the amount of light, glare and heat passing through glass or plastic.

'Licensed Product' means a Light Valve Architectural Window Product incorporating a Light Valve. The term 'Licensed Product' shall not include Light Valves used or intended for use in any product other than as specifically defined herein, such as but not limited to, other window products not specifically defined herein, such as windows for transportation vehicles, including, but not limited to passenger cars, recreational vehicles, trucks, mobile cranes, trains, monorails. aircraft, boats, vans, sport utility vehicles, space craft and space-stations, and non-window products such as but not limited to displays, eyewear, sunvisors, toys, mirrors or filters for scientific instruments, lamps or contrast enhancement of displays. The term 'display' means any device for displaying letters, numbers, images or other indicia or patterns. Nothing contained herein shall permit LICENSEE to sell, lease, or otherwise dispose of a Light Valve which is not incorporated or intended to be incorporated as described above into a Light Valve Architectural Window Product.

'Light Valve' means a variable light transmission device comprising: a cell including cell walls, containing or adapted to contain an activatable material, described hereinafter, such that a change in the optical characteristics of the activatable material affects the characteristics of light absorbed by, transmitted through and/or reflected from the cell; means incorporated in or on the cell, or separate therefrom for applying an electric or magnetic field to the activatable material within the cell; and coatings (including, but not limited to, electrodes), spacers, seals, electrical and/or electronic components, and other elements incorporated in or on or combined with the cell. The activatable material, which the cell contains or is adapted to contain, includes in it solid suspended particles, which when subjected to a suitable electric or magnetic field, orient to produce a change in the optical characteristics of the device, and may be in the form of a liquid suspension, gel, film or other material.

'Light Valve Architectural Window Product' means a Light Valve used or intended for use solely as a window integrally incorporated in, or attached as a fixture to the external structure or internal structure of any building, whether permanent or temporary, and whether above or below ground.

Patents in the United States
5,002,701'Light Polarizing Materials and Suspensions Thereof'
4,877,313  'Light Polarizing Materials and Suspensions Thereof'
5,093,041 'Light Polarizing Materials and Suspensions Thereof'
5,111,331 'Electro-Optical Light Modulator'

Field of Use

The rights granted apply to window products.

License Grant

Whereas, Licensor has been engaged in research and development in the application of physicochemical concepts to Light Valves and Licensed Products (both as hereinafter defined) and of methods and apparatus relating to products incorporating such concepts; and is possessed of and can convey information and know-how for such products and rights to manufacture, use and sell such products; and Whereas, Licensee is interested in manufacturing and selling Licensed Products; and Whereas, Licensee desires to acquire from Licensor, and Licensor desires to grant to Licensee, certain rights and licenses with respect to such technology of Licensor;

During the term of this Agreement, Licensor hereby grants Licensee a non-exclusive right and license to use (a) all of the Technical Information, if any, (subject to Section 8.1 hereof), furnished by Licensor pursuant to this Agreement, and (b) any invention claimed in (i) any of the unexpired patents now or hereafter listed on Schedule A attached hereto or (ii) unexpired patents which issue from pending patent applications now or hereafter listed in Schedule A, and any continuations, continuations-in-part, divisions, reissues, reexaminations, or extensions thereof to make, have made, and to lease, sell, or otherwise dispose of Licensed Products in the Licensed Territory. Notwithstanding anything contained herein or in Schedule A hereto to the contrary, no rights or licenses shall be granted hereunder with respect to any new particle (other than Licensor's current polyiodide crystal) now or hereafter under development or invented by or for Licensor or comprising part of the activatable material of a Light Valve emulsion or film sold or for sale by any other licensee of Licensor.

License Property

Licensed Product means only a Light Valve Transportation Vehicle Window Product incorporating a Light Valve.

The term Licensed Product shall not include Light Valves used or intended for use in any product other than as specifically defined herein, such as but not limited to, other window products not specifically defined herein, such as, but not limited to, Light Valve Architectural Window Products, window products for vehicles not specifically included in the definition of Light Valve Transportation Vehicle Window Product, and non- window products such as but not limited to displays, eyewear, sunvisors, toys, mirrors or filters for scientific instruments, lamps or contrast enhancement of displays. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a sunvisor which is integrated within the Light Valve Transportation Vehicle Window Product inside of the glass or plastic shall be included within the definition of Licensed Product.

The term display means any device for displaying letters, numbers, images or other indicia or patterns. Nothing contained herein shall permit Licensee to sell, lease, or otherwise dispose of a Light Valve which is not incorporated or intended to be incorporated as described above into a Light Valve Transportation Vehicle Window Product.

Light Valve means a variable light transmission device comprising: a cell including cell walls, containing or adapted to contain an activatable material, described hereinafter, such that a change in the optical characteristics of the activatable material affects the characteristics of light absorbed by, transmitted through and/or reflected from the cell; means incorporated in or on the cell, or separate therefrom for applying an electric or magnetic field to the activatable material within the cell; and coatings (including, but not limited to, electrodes), spacers, seals, electrical and/or electronic components, and other elements incorporated in or on or combined with the cell.  The activatable material, which the cell contains or is adapted to contain, includes in it solid suspended particles, which when subjected to a suitable electric or magnetic field, orient to produce a change in the optical characteristics of the device, and may be in the form of a liquid suspension, gel, film or other material.

Light Valve Architectural Window Product means a Light Valve used or intended for use solely as a window integrally incorporated in, or attached as a fixture to the external structure or internal structure of any building, whether permanent or temporary, and whether above or below ground.

Light Valve Transportation Vehicle Window Product means a Light Valve used or intended for use as a bullet-resistant or otherwise armored window (including sunroofs, windshields, and side and rear window panes which are an integral part of the internal or external structure) integrally incorporated in a military or civilian transportation vehicle. The term Light Valve Transportation Vehicle Window Product shall not include a Light Valve used or intended for use as a sunvisor, but may include Light Valves which are used or intended for use in a military or civilian transportation vehicle as, or as part of, or are laminated to, or the surface area of which is primarily attached to, a window, sunroof or windshield. The term transportation vehicle shall mean passenger cars, recreational vehicles, trucks, mobile cranes, trains, armored personnel carriers, tanks, amphibious vehicles, and warships but shall not include other types of vehicles such as aircraft, boats (other than amphibious vehicles and warships), spacecraft and space stations.

Schedule (As of February 21, 2008)

List of United States, International and Foreign Patents and Patent Applications

Patents in the United States – Date Issued – Expiration Date

5,002,701  Robert L. Saxe –
Light Polarizing Materials and Suspensions Thereof 3/26/91   3/26/08

4,877,313 Robert L. Saxe et al – Light Polarizing Materials and Suspensions Thereof 10/31/89  2/10/09

5,093,041 Joseph A. Check, III et al – Light-Polarizing Material Based on Ethylene-diamine Polyacetic Acid Derivatives 3/03/92   7/30/10

5,111,331 Paul Rosenberg –
Electro-Optical Light Modulator 5/05/92    7/5/09

5,279,773 Robert L. Saxe – Light Valve Incorporating A Suspension Stabilized With A Block Polymer
1/18/94   3/23/12

5,325,220 Robert L. Saxe – Light Valve With Low Emissivity   Coating As Electrode 6/28/94    3/9/13

5,463,491 Joseph A. Check III – Light Valve Employing a Film Comprising An Encapsulated Liquid Suspension And Method of Making Such Film 10/31/95  11/6/12

5,463,492 Joseph A. Check III – Light Modulating Film of Improved Clarity For A Light Valve 10/31/95  11/6/12

5,461,506 Joseph A. Check III et al – Light Valve Suspensions Containing A Trimellitate Or Trimesate And Light Valves Containing The Same 10/24/95  5/11/13

5,467,217 Joseph A. Check III et al – Light Valve Suspensions and Films Containing UV Absorbers and Light Valves Containing The Same
11/14/95  5/11/13

5,516,463 Joseph A. Check III et al – Method of Making Light Polarizing Particles 05/14/96  07/08/14

5,650,872 Robert L. Saxe et al – Light Valve Containing Ultra fine Particles 07/22/97  12/08/14

5,728,251 Joseph A.  Check, III – Light Modulating Film of Improved UV Stability For a Light Valve
03/17/98  09/27/15

5,764,402 Jean-Francois Thomas; Pierre Vezin – Optical Cell Control System 06/09/98  04/24/15

5,838,482 Daniel Decroupet; Pierre Laroche – Optical Cell 11/17/98  05/16/15

5,691,849  Rene Ledroit; Jean-Francois Thomas; Andre Hecq – Rear-View Assembly for a Vehicle and an Adaptor
11/25/97  11/25/14

6,114,405 Huifang Zhuang et al – Ultraviolet Radiation-Curable Light-Modulating Film for a Light Valve, and Method of Making Same 09/05/00  10/09/17

6,156,239  Robert L. Saxe et al – Light Polarizing Material, Liquid Suspensions and Films Thereof, and Light Valve Incorporating Same 12/05/00 02/26/19

6,271,956B1 Robert L. Saxe et al – Method and Materials for Enhancing the Adhesion of SPD Films and Light Valves Comprising Same
08/07/01 03/02/20

6,301,040  Srinivasan Chakrapani et al – SPD Films Having Improved Properties and Light Valves Comprising Same     10/09/01 05/24/20

6,334,967B1 Robert L. Saxe et al – Light Polarizing Particles of Improved Particle Size Distribution 01/01/02   12/21/20  (See also listing for PCT/US99/15508)

6,416,827 Srinivasan Chakrapani et al – SPD Films and Light Valves Comprising Same 07/09/02[10/27/20]

6,429,961B1 Joseph M. Harary et al – Methods for Retrofitting Windows With Switchable and Non-Switchable Window Enhancements and Retrofitted Windows Produced Thereby
08/06/02   10/03/20

6,517,746 Robert L. Saxe et al. – Polyhalide Particles and Light Valves Comprising Same 02/11/03 01/05/21

6,522,446 Robert L. Saxe – Anisometrically Shaped Metal Particles, Liquid Suspensions and Films Thereof And Light Valves Comprising Same 02/18/03 04/25/21

6,529,312B1 Robert L. Saxe – Anisometrically Shaped Carbon and/or Graphite Particles, Liquid Suspensions and Films Thereof And Light Valves Comprising Same
03/04/03 06/07/19
[See also U.S. Patent No. 6,987,602 filed December 27, 2002, a continuation-in-part of this patent]

6,606,185B2 Robert L. Saxe – SPD Films and Light Valves  Comprising Liquid
Suspensions of Heat-Reflective Particles of Mixed Metal Oxides and Methods of Making Such Particles 08/12/03 12/08/14

6,804,040 Albert P. Malvino, et al – Method and Device for Controlling Voltage Provided to a Suspended Particle Device     10/12/04 02/13/23

6,897,997 Albert P. Malvino – Method and Device for Controlling Voltage Provided to a Suspended Particle Device     05/24/05 02/13/23 (continuation-in-part of 6,804,040)

6,900,923 Srinivasan Chakrapani et al – Siloxane Matrix Polymers and SPD Light Valve Films Incorporating Same     05/31/05 06/18/23

6,936,193 Robert L. Saxe, et al – SPD Light Valve Film Incorporating New Suspending Media, and Light Valve Incorporating Same     08/30/05  04/14/23

6,987,602 B2 Robert L. Saxe, et al – Anisometrically Shaped Carbon and/or Graphite Particles, Liquid Suspensions and Films Thereof And Light Valves Comprising Same
01/17/06  06/07/19   (continuation-in-part of patent 6,529,312B1).

Field of Use

The rights granted apply to the transportation vehicle window market.

License Grant

The Licensor hereby grants the Licensee a non-exclusive right and license to use (a) all of the Technical Information, if any, furnished by the Licensor pursuant to this Agreement, and any invention claimed in any of the unexpired patents now or hereafter listed hereto or unexpired patents which issue from pending patent applications now or hereafter listed and any continuations, continuations- in-part, divisions, reissues, reexaminations, or extensions thereof to make, have made, and to lease, sell, or otherwise dispose of Licensed Products in the Licensed all countries of the world except North and South Korea.

License Property

The Licensor has been engaged in research and development in the application of physicochemical concepts to Light Valves and Licensed Products and of methods and apparatus relating to products incorporating such concepts.

“Licensed Product” means a Light Valve Architectural Window Product incorporating a Light Valve.

The term “Licensed Product” shall not include Light Valves used or intended for use in any product other than as specifically defined herein, such as but not limited to, other window products not specifically defined herein, such as windows for transportation vehicles, including, but not limited to passenger cars, recreational vehicles, trucks, mobile cranes, trains, monorails. aircraft, boats, vans, sport utility vehicles, space craft and space-stations, and non-window products such as but not limited to displays, eyewear, sun visors, toys, mirrors or filters for scientific instruments, lamps or contrast enhancement of displays.

The term “display” means any device for displaying letters, numbers, images or other indicia or patterns.  Nothing contained herein shall permit the Licensee to sell, lease, or otherwise dispose of a Light Valve which is not combined or intended to be combined as described above into a Light Valve Architectural Window Product.

'Light Valve' means a variable light transmission device comprising: a cell including cell walls, containing or adapted to contain an activatable material, described hereinafter, such that a change in the optical characteristics of the activatable material affects the characteristics of light absorbed by, transmitted through and/or reflected from the cell; means incorporated in or on the cell, or separate therefrom for applying an electric or magnetic field to the activatable material within the cell; and coatings, (including, but not limited to, electrodes), spacers, seals, electrical and/or electronic components, and other elements incorporated in or on the cell.  The activatable material, which the cell contains or is adapted to contain, includes in it solid suspended particles, which when subjected to a suitable electric or magnetic field, orient to produce a change in the optical characteristics of the device, and may be in the form a liquid suspension, gel, film or other material.

United States Patents: 4,877,313; 5,002,701; 5,093,041; 5,111,331; 5,130,057; 5,279,773; 5,325,220; 5,461,506; 5,463,492; 5,467,217; 5,516,463; 5,650,872; 5,691,849; 5,728,251; 5,764,402; 5,838,482; 6,114,405; 6,156,239; 6,271,956B1; 6,301,040; 6,334,967B1; 6,416,827; 6,429,961B1; 6,517,746; 6,522,446; 6,529,312B

License Grant

Licensor hereby grants Licensee a non-exclusive right and license to use (a) all of the Technical Information, if any furnished by Licensor pursuant to this Agreement, and (b) any invention claimed in (i) any of the unexpired patents now or hereafter listed on Schedule A attached hereto or (ii) unexpired patents which issue from pending patent applications now or hereafter listed in Schedule A, and any continuations, continuations-in-part, divisions, reissues, reexaminations, or extensions thereof, and all foreign counterparts thereof to make, have made, and to lease, sell, or otherwise dispose of Licensed Products in the Licensed Territory. Notwithstanding anything contained herein or in Schedule A hereto to the contrary, no rights or licenses shall be granted hereunder with respect to any new particle (other than Licensor's current polyiodide crystal) now or hereafter under development or invented by or for Licensor or comprising part of the activatable material of a Light Valve emulsion or film sold or for sale by any other licensee of Licensor.

License Property

Licensor has been engaged in research and development in the application of physicochemical concepts to Light Valves and Licensed Products.

United States Patents:
4,877,313 Robert L. Saxe et al 'Light Polarizing Materials and Suspensions Thereof' 10/31/89 2/10/09
5,093,041 Joseph A. Check, III et al 'Light-Polarizing Material Based on Ethylene-diamine Polyacetic Acid Derivatives' 3/03/92 7/30/10
5,111,331 Paul Rosenberg 'Electro-Optical Light Modulator' 5/05/92 7/5/09
5,279,773 Robert L. Saxe 'Light Valve Incorporating A Suspension Stabilized With A Block Polymer' 1/18/94 3/23/12
5,325,220 Robert L. Saxe 'Light Valve With Low Emissivity Coating As Electrode' 6/28/94 3/9/13
5,463,491 Joseph A. Check III 'Light Valve Employing a Film Comprising An Encapsulated Liquid Suspension And Method of Making Such Film' 10/31/95 11/6/12
5,463,492 Joseph A. Check III 'Light Modulating Film of Improved Clarity For A Light Valve' 10/31/95 11/6/12
5,461,506 Joseph A. Check III et al 'Light Valve Suspensions Containing A Trimellitate Or Trimesate And Light Valves Containing The Same' 10/24/95 5/11/13
5,467,217 Joseph A. Check III et al 'Light Valve Suspensions and Films Containing UV Absorbers and Light Valves Containing The Same' 11/14/95 5/11/13
5,516,463 Joseph A. Check III et al 'Method of Making Light Polarizing Particles' 05/14/96 07/08/14
5,650,872 Robert L. Saxe et al 'Light Valve Containing Ultrafine Particles' 07/22/97 12/08/14
5,728,251 Joseph A. Check, III 'Light Modulating Film of Improved UV Stability For a Light Valve' 03/17/98 09/27/15
5,764,402 Jean-Francois Thomas; Pierre Vezin Optical Cell Control System 06/09/98 04/24/15
5,838,482 Daniel Decroupet; Pierre Laroche Optical Cell 11/17/98 05/16/15
5,691,849 Rene Ledroit; Jean-Francois Thomas; Andre Hecq Rear-View Assembly for a Vehicle and an Adaptor Therefo 11/25/97 11/25/14
6,114,405 Huifang Zhuang et al Ultraviolet Radiation-Curable Light-Modulating Film for a Light Valve, and Method of Making Same 09/05/00 10/09/17
6,156,239 Robert L. Saxe et al Light Polarizing Material, Liquid Suspensions and Films Thereof, and Light Valve Incorporating Same 12/05/00 02/26/19
6,271,956B1 Robert L. Saxe et al Method and Materials for Enhancing the Adhesion of SPD Films and Light Valves Comprising Same 08/07/01 03/02/20
6,301,040 Srinivasan Chakrapani et al SPD Films Having Improved Properties and Light Valves Comprising Same 10/09/01 05/24/20
6,334,967B1 Robert L. Saxe et al Light Polarizing Particles of Improved Particle Size Distribution 01/01/02 12/21/20 (See also listing for PCT/US99/15508)
6,416,827 Srinivasan Chakrapani et al SPD Films and Light Valves Comprising Same 07/09/02 10/27/20
6,429,961B1 Joseph M. Harary et al Methods for Retrofitting Windows With Switchable and Non-Switchable Window Enhancements and Retrofitted Windows Produced Thereby 08/06/02 10/03/20
6,517,746 Robert L. Saxe et al. Polyhalide Particles and Light Valves Comprising Same 02/11/03 01/05/21
6,522,446 Robert L. Saxe Anisometrically Shaped Metal Particles, Liquid Suspensions and Films Thereof And Light Valves Comprising Same 02/18/03 04/25/21
6,529,312B1 Robert L. Saxe Anisometrically Shaped Carbon and/or Graphite Particles, Liquid Suspensions and Films Thereof And Light Valves Comprising Same 03/04/03 06/07/19 [See also U.S. Patent No. 6,987,602 filed December 27, 2002, a continuation-in-part of this patent
6,606,185B2 Robert L. Saxe SPD Films and Light Valves Comprising Liquid Suspensions of Heat-Reflective Particles of Mixed Metal Oxides and Methods of Making Such Particles 08/12/03 12/08/14
6,804,040 Albert P. Malvino, et al Method and Device for Controlling Voltage Provided to a Suspended Particle Device 10/12/04 02/13/23
6,897,997 Albert P. Malvino Method and Device for Controlling Voltage Provided to a Suspended Particle Device 05/24/05 02/13/23 (continuation-in-part of 6,804,040) Srinivasan Chakrapani et al
6,900,923 'Siloxane Matrix Polymers and SPD Light Valve Films Incorporating Same' 05/31/05 06/18/23 Robert L. Saxe, et al
6,936,193 'SPD Light Valve Film Incorporating New Suspending Media,and Light Valve Incorporating Same' 08/30/05 04/14/23
6,987,602 B2 Robert L. Saxe, et al Anisometrically Shaped Carbon and/or Graphite Particles, Liquid Suspensions and Films Thereof And Light Valves Comprising Same 01/17/06 06/07/19 (continuation-in-part of patent 6,529,312B1)
7,361,252 Steven M. Slovak, et al 'Methods for Laminating Films for SPD Light Valves and SPD Light Valves Incorporating Such Laminated Films' (claims priority from 60/562,329) 04/22/08 10/26/25
7,417,785 Albert P. Malvino 'Methods and Circuits for Distributing Power to SPD Loads' 08/26/08 01/18/25

Field of Use

'Licensed Product' means only a Light Valve Transportation Vehicle Window Product incorporating a Light Valve.

The term 'Licensed Product' shall not include Light Valves used or intended for use in any product other than as specifically defined herein, such as but not limited to, other window products not specifically defined herein, such as, but not limited to, Light Valve Architectural Window Products, window products for vehicles not specifically included in the definition of Light Valve Transportation Vehicle Window Product, and non-window products such as but not limited to displays, eyewear, sunvisors, toys, mirrors or filters for scientific instruments, lamps or contrast enhancement of displays. The term 'display' means any device for displaying letters, numbers, images or other indicia or patterns. Nothing contained herein shall permit LICENSEE to sell, lease, or otherwise dispose of a Light Valve which is not incorporated or intended to be incorporated as described above into a Light Valve Transportation Vehicle Window Product.

'Light Valve' means a variable light transmission device comprising: a cell including cell walls, containing or adapted to contain an activatable material, described hereinafter, such that a change in the optical characteristics of the activatable material affects the characteristics of light absorbed by, transmitted through and/or reflected from the cell; means incorporated in or on the cell, or separate therefrom for applying an electric or magnetic field to the activatable material within the cell; and coatings (including, but not limited to, electrodes), spacers, seals, electrical and/or electronic components, and other elements incorporated in or on or combined with the cell. The activatable material, which the cell contains or is adapted to contain, includes in it solid suspended particles, which when subjected to a suitable electric or magnetic field, orient to produce a change in the optical characteristics of the device, and may be in the form of a liquid suspension, gel, film or other material.

'Light Valve Architectural Window Product' means a Light Valve used or intended for use solely as a window integrally incorporated in, or attached as a fixture to the external structure or internal structure of any building, whether permanent or temporary, and whether above or below ground.

'Light Valve Transportation Vehicle Window Product' means a Light Valve used or intended for use as a window (including sunroofs, windshields, and side and rear window panes which are an integral part of the internal or external structure) integrally incorporated in a military or civilian transportation vehicle. The term 'Light Valve Transportation Vehicle Window Product' shall not include a Light Valve used or intended for use as a sunvisor, but may include Light Valves which are used or intended for use in a military or civilian transportation vehicle as, or as part of, or are laminated to, or the surface area of which is primarily attached to, a window, sunroof or windshield. The term 'transportation vehicle' shall mean passenger cars, recreational vehicles, trucks, mobile cranes, buses, heavy trucks and trains, but shall not include other types of vehicles such as aircraft, boats, spacecraft and space stations.

The worldwide License provides for a royalty payable to the Licensor on sales of Licensed products, including SPD-Smart(tm) automotive glass products utilizing the Licensor's patented light-control technology, including smart sunroofs, roof glass systems, and windows.