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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8184247 | TN-mode liquid crystal display device, optical compensatory film for use therein and method for producing optical compensatory film, and polarizing plate An optical compensatory film of a laminated structure comprising a first optically anisotropic layer having an Re(550) of 20 to 100 nm wherein retardation at a wavelength of 550 nm is never 0 nm along any direction and the direction along which the absolute value of... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184246 | Transparent film, polarizing plate, and liquid crystal display device A transparent film is disclosed. The film comprises a domain in which the Nz value in the normal direction of the film surface shows monotonous increase from 0 to 1 or monotonous decrease from 1 to 0, and having an in-plane retardation Re at a wavelength of 550 nm f... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184245 | Optical compensation film for VA-mode liquid crystal display device and VA-mode liquid crystal display device An optical compensation film to be used in a VA mode liquid crystal display device, having retardation in plane at a wavelength of 550 nm, Re(550), falling within the range from 20 to 100 nm, and retardation along thickness direction at a wavelength of 550 nm, Rth(5... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8182132 | Multistage-mixing microdevice A microdevice for multistage-mixing of process fluids which has plurality of freely-detachable units connected to each other without using pipes, wherein a microchannel for flow of the process fluids and a channel for flow of a heat-exchange medium are formed in the... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8178601 | Polymer film, polarizing plate protective film, polarizing plate and liquid crystal display device A polymer film includes: a wavelength dispersion regulator represented by formula (I): wherein R1 and R2 each independently represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group or an ary... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8174648 | Cellulose acylate film, process for producing the same, and polarizing plate and liquid crystal display device having the same Disclosed is a cellulose acylate film comprising a cellulose acylate satisfying relations of 2.0≦A+B≦2.45, (II): and 0.8≦A≦1.4, and (III): 0.6≦B≦1.65 where “A” represents a degree of acetyl substitution of hydroxy in a glucose unit of cellulose acyla... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8164722 | Liquid-crystal display device with at least three optically-anisotropic layers having formulated in-plane retardations A liquid-crystal display device comprising a liquid-crystal cell and at least three optically-anisotropic layers disposed on each side of the liquid crystal cell, wherein they are combined so that the Δnd value of the liquid-crystal cell and the optical characteris... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8159639 | VA-mode liquid crystal display device A liquid-crystal display device comprising a liquid-crystal cell comprising a liquid-crystal layer that aligns vertically to the substrate thereof in the black state, first and second polarizing elements that are disposed to sandwich the liquid-crystal cell therebet... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8159635 | Liquid crystal display device A liquid crystal display device is provided and includes: a liquid crystal cell including a pair of transparent glass substrates each having a transparent electrode, and a nematic liquid crystal between the pair of the transparent glass substrates; and a pair of pol... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8159634 | Liquid crystal display device A liquid crystal display device includes: a backlight; a liquid crystal cell; a first polarizing plate provided between the liquid crystal cell and the backlight; a second polarizing plate provided in opposite side to the first polarizing plate with respect to the l... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8158220 | Cellulose acylate film, retardation film, polarizer and liquid crystal display device A cellulose acylate film comprising a cellulose acylate resin satisfying the formulae (i)-(iii) and a compound capable of forming a hydrogen bond satisfying conditions (A)-(C): (A) the compound has both a hydrogen bond donor moiety... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8153246 | Optical compensatory film, polarizing plate, and liquid crystal display device An optical compensatory film comprising an optically anisotropic layer composed of a liquid crystal composition including a liquid crystal compound, wherein the liquid crystal composition contains a copolymer including a repeating unit derived from a monomer of form... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8153209 | Cellulose acylate film and method for producing it, and polarizer and liquid-crystal display device comprising it A cellulose acylate film having a water vapor permeability at 40° C. and 90% RH of from 100 to 400 g/(m2·day), of which the water vapor permeability change after kept at 60° C. and 95% RH for 1000 hours is from −100 g/(m2·day) to 10 g/(m | 04/10/2012 |
| 8153093 | Process for producing carbonate particles To provide a process for producing carbonate particles, capable of efficient, easy formation of carbonate particles which have high crystallinity, less prone to agglomeration and offer orientation birefringence, particularly carbonate particles that are needle- or r... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8153041 | Crystalline polymer microporous membrane, method for producing same, and filter for filtration To provide a membrane capable of efficiently collecting fine particles for a long period of time, disclosed is a polytetrafluoroethylene microporous membrane wherein the mean pore size in the surface of the membrane is larger than the mean pore size in the back ther... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8147931 | Cellulose-film modifier, cellulose composition, and optical cellulose film, polarizing plate-protecting film, polarizing plate, and liquid crystal display device, produced by using the same A cellulose-film modifier, having a compound represented by the following Formula (1): wherein R1 represents a hydrogen atom or an aliphatic or aromatic acyl group; R2, R3 and R4 ... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8125597 | Liquid crystal display device A liquid crystal display device includes a pair of polarizing films; a liquid crystal cell that is sandwiched between the pair of polarizing films; a retardation layer (A) of 70 μm or less in thickness, which is disposed between the liquid crystal cell and one of t... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8124196 | Fluorobicyclo[2.2.2]octane compound, method of producing the same, and applications thereof A liquid crystal composition comprising at least one compound having a fluorobicyclo[2.2.2]octane skeleton represented by formula (I) below is disclosed. A fluorobicyclo[2.2.2]octane compound represented by formula (II) below is also disclosed. In the formulae, Y re... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8120728 | Polarizing plate and liquid crystal display device using the same The invention relates to a polarizing plate comprising at least a polarizing layer having a K value as defined by the following expression of from 0.25 to 0.75; K=(kx−kz)/(kx−ky) wherein axes whic... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8118951 | Aluminum alloy sheet for lithographic printing plate An aluminum alloy sheet for a lithographic printing plate includes 0.03 to 0.15% (mass %, hereinafter the same) of Si, 0.2 to 0.7% of Fe, 0.05 to 0.5% of Mg, 0.003 to 0.05% of Ti, and 30 to 300 ppm of Ga, with the balance being aluminum and inevitable impurities, a ... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8115895 | Optical compensation film and liquid crystal display device using the same An optical compensation film comprising a light absorbing layer capable of absorbing at least light of wavelength λ nm in the visible light region is disclosed. The light absorbing layer has absorption anisotropy, light absorption coefficient kz(λ) in the directio... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8114326 | Cellulose ester film, polarizing plate, liquid crystal display and process for producing cellulose ester film A cellulose ester film has a front retardation Re of from 20 nm to 100 nm relative to light having a wavelength of 590 nm at 25° C. and 60% RH; a retardation Rth in a film thickness direction of from 60 nm to 400 nm relative to light having a wavelength of 590 nm a... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8111237 | Liquid crystal display and method of displaying thereof A liquid crystal display includes: a liquid crystal panel; a backlight; an image move speed detection unit that detects the move speed of a display image, which is displayed on the liquid crystal panel; a black insertion percentage setting unit that sets black inser... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8101325 | Azo compound, curable composition, color filter, and method of producing the same An azo compound represented by Formula (I), Formula (II), or Formula (III): wherein R1 and R2 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent; D1 and D2 each indepen... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8094271 | Liquid crystal display device and color film plate, and processes for producing the same A novel liquid crystal display device is disclosed. The liquid crystal display device comprises a first substrate, a second substrate, liquid crystal held between the first substrate and the second substrate, patterned layers divided into fine areas, disposed on the... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8094263 | Optical compensation film, polarizing plate and liquid crystal display device The present invention relates to an optical compensation film comprising a light absorbing layer and a retardation layer, wherein the light absorbing layer shows absorption anisotropy in the plane (x-y plane) thereof with respect to light of wavelength λ nm in the ... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8089593 | Optical resin film, optical compensation sheet, polarizing plate and liquid crystal display An optical resin film is provided, in which a wavelength dispersion of a retardation in planar direction and a wavelength dispersion of a retardation in thickness direction are independently controlled, is provided and has at least an additive having a negative intr... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8085365 | Cellulose acylate film, polarizing plate and liquid crystal display device A cellulose acylate film, which has a film thickness of from 20 to 70 μm and an elastic modulus of from 3.5 to 10 GPa in at least one direction of a film casting direction and a width direction. ... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8084275 | Magnetic composite body, production method thereof, method for removing substance with mannose on its surface, and method for concentrating substance with mannose on its surface A magnetic composite body comprising magnetic nanoparticles having a number average particle diameter of 1 to 50 nm and having a compound represented by formula (I) fixed on their surfaces, and a method comprising bringing the magnetic composite body into contact wi... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8080587 | Oil-in-water (O/W) emulsion coating compositing, laminate, polarizing plate, image display device and production method of the laminate An oil-in-water type emulsion coating composition having an aqueous phase and an oil phase, the oil-in-water type emulsion coating composition containing: an active energy ray-curable polyfunctional (meth)acrylate having three or more (meth)acryloyl groups within a ... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8067145 | Developing solution and method for producing lithography printing plate A developing solution includes at least one of a compound represented by formula (I) and a compound represented by formula (II) and being at pH 2 to 10: wherein, in the formula (I) and (II), R1 to R10 ... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8064009 | Liquid crystal cell and liquid crystal display apparatus A novel liquid crystal display apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a liquid crystal cell comprising a pair of substrates which are provided in mutually opposed manner and which has an electrode in at least either thereof, and a liquid crystal material su... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8059240 | Liquid crystal display device A novel liquid crystal display device is disclosed. the device comprises a liquid crystal cell comprising a pair of substrates disposed facing each other, at least one of said pair of substrates having an electrode thereon, and a liquid crystal layer held between sa... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8057907 | Optical film, coating composition, polarizing plate and image display device An optical film, which comprises: a support; and a layer containing an electrically-conductive particulate material, in which an interior of the electrically-conductive particulate material is porous or hollow, wherein the optical film comprises a fluorine-containin... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8054441 | Laminated optical film, polarizing plate and liquid crystal display device A laminated optical film including a first optical anisotropic layer, and a second optical anisotropic layer, wherein Relationship (1), −10 nm≦ΔRe1−ΔRe2≦10 nm, is satisfied when a slow phase axis of the first optical anisotropic layer is substantially perp... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8053040 | Liquid crystal composition, retardation plate, liquid crystal display device, and process for producing retardation plate A composition comprising at least one liquid crystal compound, and at least one polymer is disclosed. The polymer comprises a constitutional unit represented by a following formula (A) and a constitutional unit derived from a monomer having a fluoroaliphatic group(s... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8049850 | Liquid crystal display device, optical compensatory sheet, and polarizer and liquid crystal display device employing the same A liquid crystal display device comprising a liquid crystal panel in which liquid crystals having negative dielectric anisotropy are interposed between upper substrate and lower substrate that have been vertically oriented on the surface, the orientation of the liqu... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8049849 | Optical film, polarizing plate, and liquid crystal display device The present invention provides an optical film including at least two optically anisotropic layers, wherein one optically anisotropic layer satisfies Expression (1) described below, the other optically anisotropic layer satisfies Expression (2) described below, and ... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8044123 | Ultraviolet absorber composition and resin composition An ultraviolet absorber composition is provided and includes: a compound represented by formula (I); and an ultraviolet absorber having a maximum absorption at a wavelength of from 340 to 400 nm: R1a, R1b | 10/25/2011 |
| 8043714 | Transparent thermoplastic film and a method of producing the same A method of producing a transparent thermoplastic film comprising transversely stretching a film by 1% to 200%, wherein a ratio (Lc/Wc) of a clutch length (Lc) of a chuck to a clutch depth (Wc) of the chuck in the transverse stretching zone is in the range of 3 to 5... | 10/25/2011 |
