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...Chester Carlson was a patent agent who tired of having to make multiple copies of patent applications using the only duplication method available at the time: carbon paper. In 1959 he came up with a new copying system and took it to IBM for evaluation. The "experts" at IBM determined potential sales to be only 5,000 units because people wouldn't want to use a bulky machine when they had carbon paper. Carlson's invention was the xerography process, the company founded on the system is Xerox.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7622166 | Optical element, process for producing the same, substrate for liquid crystal alignment, liquid crystal display device, and birefringent material An optical element and a process for producing the optical element are provided. The optical element includes a light transparent substrate and a first birefringence layer provided on the substrate. The first birefringence layer includes a polymerizable liquid cryst... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7507450 | Varnish for forming liquid crystal alignment layer and liquid crystal display element using the same A varnish for forming a liquid crystal alignment layer is prepared by formulating a polymer obtained by using a silsesquioxane derivative represented by the formula (1), and a solvent. In the formula (1), R independently repr... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7429412 | Liquid crystal display device and method for manufacturing the same A liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate; a second substrate; a first alignment layer on the first substrate, the first alignment layer including a first additive; a second alignment layer on the second substrate; and a liquid crystal layer between... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7371331 | Method of creating a patterned monolayer on a surface A method is provided for creating a patterned monolayer on a substrate. First, organic molecules are prepared that have self-assembling properties. These molecules are applied to an aligning substrate. Then, the aligning surface is applied to the substrate, then sep... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7326442 | Antireflective composition and process of making a lithographic structure An antireflective composition and a lithographic structure comprising a silicon-metal oxide, antireflective material derived from the composition. The antireflective composition comprises a polymer of formula I, | 02/05/2008 |
| 7311949 | Composition, optical film, polarizing plate and liquid crystal display A novel optical film is disclosed. The film comprises an optically anisotropic layer formed of a composition comprising at least one liquid crystal compound and at least one polymer having a fluoro-aliphatic group and a hydrophilic group selected from the group cons... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7279434 | Material and method for forming low-dielectric-constant film The material contemplated by this invention for the formation of a low-dielectric-constant film contains in all the stereoisomer molecules of 1,3,5,7-tetramethyl cyclotetrasiloxane (TMCTS) not less than 15% and not more than 100% of a stereoisomer having all the fou... | 10/09/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7251001 | Liquid crystal display device treated by UV irradiation A liquid crystal display device includes a pair of substrates, a liquid crystal between substrates and alignment layers disposed on the inner surface sides of the substrates. The alignment layer is made from a material including polyamic acid containing a diamine co... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7236223 | Liquid crystal display device with curved alignment surface A multi-domain alignment liquid crystal display device in which liquid crystal molecules are aligned through a simple process and panel gap is maintained in stable fashion includes a first plate having a thin-film transistor provided at each point of intersection of... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7220468 | Conductive organic thin film, method for manufacturing the same, and electronic device, electric cable, electrode, pyrrolyl compound, and thienyl compound using the same It is an object to provide a conductive organic thin film having organic molecules that include at one end a terminal bonding group that is covalently bonded to a substrate surface, a conjugate bonding group that is located at any portion of the organic molecules an... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7201950 | Optical compensatory sheet, elliptical polarizing plates and liquid-crystal display A novel optical compensatory sheet is disclosed. The sheet comprises an optically anisotropic layer comprising at least one compound selected from the group represented by Formula (I): wh... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7198829 | Conductive organic thin film, process for producing the same, electronic device employing the same, electrical cable, electrode, pyrrolyl compound, and theienyl compound It is an object to provide a conductive organic thin film having organic molecules that include at one end a terminal bonding group that is covalently bonded to a substrate surface, a conjugate bonding group that is located at any portion of the organic molecules an... | 04/03/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7189439 | Active matrix type liquid crystal display apparatus An active matrix type liquid crystal display apparatus has a pair of substrates, at least one of the substrates being transparent; a liquid crystal layer arranged between the pair of substrates; and electrode structure for generating an electric field having a domin... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7184116 | LCD having an alignment film comprising sintered carbon To provide a liquid crystal device using carbon films capable of aligning liquid crystal molecules simultaneously with deposition, a manufacturing apparatus of the liquid crystal device, a manufacturing method of the liquid crystal device and a forming method of an ... | 02/27/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7133112 | Method of manufacturing a liquid crystal display device with compensation for angle between director and alignment direction A method of manufacturing a liquid crystal display device includes the steps of: providing a first substrate and a second substrate; forming a first alignment film on the first substrate; irradiating light to the first alignment film to obtain an acute angle of 0° ... | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7081935 | Liquid crystal display device with alignment layer including a diamine component and treated by UV irradiation A liquid crystal display device includes a pair of substrates, a liquid crystal between substrates and alignment layers disposed on the inner surface sides of the substrates. The alignment layer is made from a material including polyamic acid containing a diamine co... | 07/25/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7070839 | Functional film, method of fabricating the same, liquid crystal display device using functional film, and method of fabricating the same The present invention is characterized in that an underlying layer solution containing a hydrolyzable compound represented by X—(SiOX2)n—SiX3 (where X is at least one functional group selected from the group c... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7057811 | Projection system and method comprising a fluorescence projection screen and a radiation source which can emit in the non-visible spectrum A projection system and method are provided, the system includes a radiation source for generating electromagnetic radiation outside the visible wavelength range, an imaging unit, which can be irradiated by the radiation source, and a projection screen having a radi... | 06/06/2006 |
| 6977099 | Liquid crystalline transfer sheet and process of producing the same A liquid crystalline transfer sheet 10 includes a liquid crystal layer 12 formed on the surface of a substrate 14, where the surface hardness of the liquid crystal layer 12 is higher on the releasing surface 12A side, which is on t... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6937315 | Liquid crystal panel with isolation wall structure and its producing method The present invention provides a liquid crystal panel with an isolation wall structure and its producing method. The method comprise: selecting one substrate from two substrates that have been put under alignment process and forming on it a plurality of closing isol... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6927823 | Method for alignment of liquid crystals using irradiated liquid crystal films A method is provided for forming an alignment layer for a liquid crystal cell that is made from a liquid crystal film that has been irradiated with light. The method includes the steps of disposing a liquid crystal film on a substrate and then irradiating the liquid... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6875483 | Liquid crystal composition comprising liquid crystal molecules and alignment promoter A liquid crystal composition comprises liquid crystal molecules and an alignment promoter. The alignment promoter is represented by the formula (I): (Hb-L1-)nBl (I). In the formula (I), Hb is an aliphatic group having ... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6873387 | Antireflection film, sheet polarizer and liquid crystal display device An antireflection film is disclosed, comprising a transparent support having thereon a low refractive index layer having a refractive index of 1.35 to 1.49 and containing a hydrolysate of an organosilane or a partial condensate thereof, a compound capable of generat... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6743487 | Retardation film and process for producing the same The invention relates primarily to a retardation film and a process for producing the retardation film, wherein a layer formed of a mixture of a photosensitive polymer and a low molecular weight compound is irradiated with linear polarized ultraviolet ray, ultraviol... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6726966 | Process for vertical alignment of rod-like liquid crystal molecules A process for alignment of rod-like liquid crystal molecules comprises the steps of: forming an orientation layer for vertical alignment on a support; and forming a liquid crystal layer containing rod-like liquid crystal molecules on the orientation layer to align t... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6649230 | Photoactive polymers A photoactive polymer of the general formula I: ##STR1## in which: P is a photoactive group which can photoisomerise and/or photodimerise; B represents an aromatic or alicyclic group, or B further represents a nitrogen atom or --CR2 --; ... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6511720 | Organosilicon compounds R1 --(A1)m --Z1 --A2 --(Z2 --A3)n --W--SiXa Yb Zc I in which R1, A1, A2, A3, Z1, R1... | 01/28/2003 |
| 6495221 | Chemisorptive substance, aligned liquid-crystal film and liquid-crystal display element both made by using the same, and processes for producing these The present invention provides a new chemical adsorbent which can form an extremely thin and transparent film in nanometer order which is fixed uniformly and firmly on a substrate, and give an alignment characteristic of high thermal stability to the thin... | 12/17/2002 |
| 6451392 | Chemical adsorbate compound, organic film, liquid crystal alignment film, and liquid crystal display device utilizing the chemical adsorbate compound A novel chemical adsorbate compound capable of forming a monomolecular thin film is provided. The chemical adsorbate compound is transparent and stable in the visible light range, and has a photosensitive group which causes a photochemical reaction in the... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6423128 | Coating material on the basis of liquid crystalline inorganic/organic hybrid polymers The invention pertains to a coating material on the basis of liquid crystalline polysiloxanes which is obtained via the co-condensation of mesogenous silanes and/or polysiloxanes, that are capable of being hydrolyzed, with sols.... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6368681 | Liquid crystal alignment film, method of manufacturing the film, liquid crystal display using the film and method, and method of manufacturing the liquid crystal display A positive resist mainly composed of a novolak resin and comprising a naphthoquinone diazido-based photosensitizer as an energy beam sensitive resin (e.g., a photosensitive resin) is applied in a thickness of 0.1 to 0.2 μm to a surface of a glass substra... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6316574 | Polyamic acid composition, liquid crystal aligning film, and liquid crystal display element The present invention provides a liquid crystal display element having an adequate pre-tilt angle for preventing the reverse domain, as well as excellent electrical properties by preparation of the polyamic acid composition for the liquid crystal display ... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6300454 | Liquid-crystalline nematic organosiloxanes which can be crosslinked to form optically anisotropic polymer layers The invention relates to nematic organosiloxanes (F) having at least two mesogenic side groups, of which at most one has three nuclei and all the others have two nuclei, where the term nucleus is taken to mean a six-membered ring or a bicyclic structure c... | 10/09/2001 |
