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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8088301 | Epoxy compound for liquid crystal photo-alignment agent, liquid crystal photo-alignment agent, and liquid crystal photo-alignment film Disclosed is an epoxy compound for a liquid crystal photo-alignment agent, a liquid crystal photo-alignment agent, and a liquid crystal photo-alignment film. The epoxy compound is represented by the following Chemical Formula 1. ... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8057700 | Liquid crystal photo-alignment agent and liquid crystal photo-alignment film and liquid crystal display including the same One embodiment of the present invention provides a liquid crystal photo-alignment agent that includes a polyamic acid copolymer including a repeating unit having the following Formula 1 and a repeating unit having the following Formula 2; a polyimide copolymer inclu... | 11/15/2011 |
| 7435357 | Polymerised liquid crystal film with retardation or orientation pattern The invention relates to a polymerised liquid crystal (LC) film comprising at least one photoisomerisable compound and having a pattern of regions with different retardation and/or different orientation of the LC material, to methods of preparing such a film, and to... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7416683 | Liquid crystal mixed composition and retardation film using same The invention relates to a liquid crystal mixed-composition comprising one or more cellulose derivatives and one or more liquid crystal compounds (preferably low-molecular liquid crystal compound) which can be oriented in a specific direction differing from that of ... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7416682 | Photochromic liquid crystals The invention relates to novel photochromic liquid crystal materials which may be used in various electro-optic devices including liquid crystal devices. The materials can be converted into another form on irradiation by light which may make it feasible for them to ... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7364671 | Optical component, orientation layer, and layerable polymerisable mixture A polymerisable mixture that can be applied as a layer, an orientation layer of the mixture, and an optical component, such as a retarder or a liquid crystal display, having a layer of which the mixture is a precursor. ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7358291 | Nanocomposite for enhanced rectification Enhanced band bending materials for use in rectifying contacts comprising metal nanoparticles and a semiconducting polymer that is soluble in common organic solvents including, for example, a gold-polymeric nanocomposite comprising gold nanoparticles in poly(m-pheny... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7351454 | Composition for forming liquid crystal alignment layer of liquid crystal display The present invention relates to a liquid crystal alignment layer of a liquid crystal display that can minimize drop blemishes of liquid crystal in the ODF process. The present invention provides a composition of a liquid crystal alignment layer comprising a diamine... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7314654 | Optically anisotropic element comprising discotic compound An optically anisotropic element comprises a discotic compound. The discotic compound has an oriented discotic plane. The discotic compound has a molecular structure including a discotic core and 3 to 20 combinations of ester bonds (—O—CO—) and 1- or 2-alkenyl... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7279203 | Liquid crystal panel A liquid crystal panel is provided that has a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between a pair of substrates, wherein the liquid crystal layer comprises a liquid crystal and a cross-linked resin, the cross-linked resin comprises a cross-linked structural part adhered ... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7277141 | Optical bodies containing cholesteric liquid crystal material and methods of manufacture An optical body includes a substrate and a cholesteric liquid crystal layer disposed on the substrate. The cholesteric liquid crystal layer has a non-uniform pitch along a thickness direction of the layer and comprises a crosslinked polymer material that substantial... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7264851 | Bistable nematic liquid crystal display device A bistable nematic liquid crystal display device comprises two cell walls enclosing a layer of nematic liquid crystal material having finely divided solid particles dispersed therein. At least one electrode on each cell wall applies an electric field across at least... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7245431 | Reflective polarizer assembly An assembly that includes a first reflective polarizer substantially reflecting light having a first polarization state and substantially transmitting light having a second polarization state, a polarization rotating layer or depolarizing layer (or both) positioned ... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7220467 | Photo-alignment material and liquid crystal display device and its manufacturing method using the same A photo-alignment material, a liquid crystal display device using the photo-alignment material, and a manufacturing method. The photo-alignment material is a polymer having a photo-reactive ethenyl group on a main chain. When used as a photo-alignment layer, the pho... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7211303 | Alignment film and LCD made of the same An alignment film for avoiding the degradation of the charge holding rate of a LCD, due to ionic impurity of the liquid crystal materials, and the LCD that is made of the same is disclosed herein. The alignment film 10 includes derivatives of polyimide... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7196757 | In-plane switching LCD panel having different alignment layers The present invention discloses an IPS LCD device including a first and second substrate opposing with each other, a common electrode on an inner surface of the first substrate, a pixel electrode parallel to the common electrode, a first alignment layer covering the... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7195719 | High polarization ferroelectric liquid crystal compositions The invention relates to chiral nonracemic liquid crystal compounds having achiral tails comprising a perfluoroalkyl terminal portion which are useful as components in liquid crystal to impart high polarization to the mixture. The materials of this invention can be ... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7193087 | 4-Aminopyridinium compound A 4-aminopyridinium compound is represented by the formula (I) or (II). in which each of L1 and L3 is —O—CO—, —CO—O—, —C≡C—, —CH═CH—, —CH═N—, —N═CH— or ... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7170575 | Homeotropically aligned liquid crystal layer and process for the homeotropic alignment of liquid crystals on plastic substrates Homeotropically oriented layers and films of liquid crystals especially on polymeric substrates. The layers and films, which also can be multi-layered films comprising a homeotropically aligned anisotropic film, are preparable by application of an orientation layer ... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7132137 | Vertical alignment polyimide and vertical alignment film compositions for LCD A vertical alignment polyimide for LCD has the following structure: wherein R1 and R2 are same or different tetravalent aromatic residues or alkyl residues; n is an integer, and 24≧n≧6; ... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7125590 | Liquid crystal film and liquid crystal display device equipped with same Liquid crystal films with excellent heat resistance and mechanical strength are provided. A liquid crystal film is obtained by fixing an aligned liquid crystal material containing at least a side chain-type polymeric liquid crystalline substance obtained by h... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7122226 | Liquid crystal aligning agent To provide a liquid crystal aligning agent which can provide a liquid crystal display element having a liquid crystal alignment film provided with alignability for liquid crystal molecules by rubbing without fail and having excellent liquid crystal alignability. The... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7118787 | Liquid crystal alignment layer There is provided a liquid crystal alignment layer comprising an alignment layer; and chemically bound to said alignment layer, a transport material. Also provided are methods for forming the liquid crystal alignment layer and the use thereof in displays for electro... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7105211 | Liquid crystal aligning agent, liquid crystal aligning films, and liquid crystal display devices A liquid crystal alignment treating agent for optical alignment treatment, whereby it is possible to obtain a liquid crystal alignment film which presents a high and stable tilt angle of liquid crystal and which is excellent in an accumulated charge property by a DC... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7097303 | Polarizing devices and methods of making the same Certain, non-limiting embodiments of the disclosure provide ophthalmic elements and devices comprising an at least partial coating adapted to polarize at least transmitted radiation on at least a portion of at least one exterior surface of an ophthalmic element or s... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7097888 | Aligned liquid crystal layer containing azolium salts and process for increasing the tilt Disclosed is a multilayer film comprising a substrate bearing an aligned liquid crystal layer wherein the aligned liquid crystal layer contains an azolium salt represented by formula (I): wherein the subscri... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7097304 | Polarizing devices and methods of making the same Certain, non-limiting embodiments of the disclosure provide ophthalmic elements and devices comprising an at least partial coating adapted to polarize at least transmitted radiation on at least a portion of at least one exterior surface of an ophthalmic element or s... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7090900 | Liquid crystal aligning agent for vertical alignment, alignment layer for liquid crystal, and liquid crystal displays made by using the same A liquid crystal alignment treating agent containing a polyamic acid which is represented by the following formula (I) and exhibits a reduced viscosity of from 0.05 to 5.0 dl/g (in N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone at 30° C. at a concentration of 0.5 g/dl) or a polyimide obta... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7083832 | Partially fluorinated liquid crystal material The invention provides LC compositions that exhibit V-shaped switching when aligned in an analog device configuration and exhibit bistability when aligned in a bookshelf-type device configuration. The invention more specifically provides LC compositions of formula 1... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7083833 | Photoalignment materials and liquid crystal display fabricated with such photoalignment materials An aromatic polyamide photoalignment material prepared by a reaction from a diamine compound with a side branch and a photosensitive dicarboxylic acid. Furthermore, liquid crystal display devices using such photoalignment materials in an alignment film on at least o... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7084938 | Non-inverting transflective assembly A film that includes a first reflective polarizer substantially reflecting light having a first polarization state and substantially transmitting light having a second polarization state, a polarization rotating layer or depolarizing layer (or both) positioned to re... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7074344 | Liquid crystal aligning agent and liquid crystal display element The present invention provides a liquid crystal aligning agent which provides a liquid crystal alignment film having surface anchoring force and pretilt angle development stability by an optical aligning method. The liquid crystal aligning agent comprises a polymer ... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7068344 | Cholesteric liquid crystal optical bodies and methods of manufacture and use The method of making an optical body includes coating a mixture that includes a plurality of cholesteric liquid crystal compositions, and a solvent on a substrate. Each cholesteric liquid crystal composition is different. A plurality of layers is formed on the subst... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7061679 | Light irradiating device A light irradiating device for a photo-alignment process comprises an optical system and a first polarizer polarizing the light from the optical system. The light from the first polarizer is obliquely irradiated at an angle with respect to a normal direction of a st... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7044600 | Polarizing devices and methods of making the same Certain, non-limiting embodiments of the disclosure provide ophthalmic elements and devices comprising an at least partial coating adapted to polarize at least transmitted radiation on at least a portion of at least one exterior surface of an ophthalmic element or s... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7041910 | Emissive, high charge transport polymers The present invention generally relates to stable emissive aggregates of polymers. The aggregates are composed of various polymer molecules arranged in such a way as to allow extended electronic couplings between nearby polymer molecules, enhancing exciton transport... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7018687 | Liquid crystal display device The liquid crystal display device of the present invention comprises first and second substrates, a first alignment layer on the first substrate, wherein the first alignment layer includes polyethyleneimine, and a liquid crystal layer between the first and second su... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7014892 | Alignment layer for a liquid crystal display device The liquid crystal display device of the present invention comprises first and second substrates; a first alignment layer on the first substrate, wherein the first alignment layer includes (spacer S is oxygen, m=10˜10,... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7012668 | Method of measuring AC residual image in a liquid crystal display device A pair of substrates and a liquid crystal layer held between the pair of substrates are provided, at least one of the pair of substrates has plural electrodes for applying an electric field approximately parallel to the substrate to the liquid crystal layer, a prote... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7005165 | Photosensitive polyimides for optical alignment of liquid crystals The present invention provides novel polyamic acids and polyimide optical alignment layers for inducing alignment of a liquid crystal medium. The novel compositions comprise reactive diamines containing a C3–C20 linear or branched hydrocarbon... | 02/28/2006 |
