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CCHEMISTRY METALLURGY C09Paints, dyes C09KMATERIALS FOR MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATIONS, NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE C09K19/00Liquid crystal materials

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C09K19/3857containing at least one asymmetric carbon atom

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Patents Grantslast 30 patents

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Display device, display module, and electronic device
- Patent number 12,111,545
- Issue date Oct 8, 2024
- Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
- Shunpei Yamazaki
- G02 - OPTICS
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Perpendicularly aligned liquid crystal cured film and laminate incl...
- Patent number 12,110,439
- Issue date Oct 8, 2024
- Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
- Tatsuaki Kasai
- G02 - OPTICS
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Display device and manufacturing method thereof
- Patent number 12,025,884
- Issue date Jul 2, 2024
- AUO Corporation
- Yi-Ling Lin
- G02 - OPTICS
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Composition, film, laminate, and display device
- Patent number 11,976,233
- Issue date May 7, 2024
- Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
- Keisuke Takahashi
- C09 - DYES PAINTS POLISHES NATURAL RESINS ADHESIVES MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITION...
Information Patent Grant
Display panel, display device, and method for sorting phase differe...
- Patent number 11,953,710
- Issue date Apr 9, 2024
- Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
- Satoshi Emori
- C09 - DYES PAINTS POLISHES NATURAL RESINS ADHESIVES MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITION...
Information Patent Grant
Polymerisable liquid crystal material and polymerised liquid crysta...
- Patent number 11,873,439
- Issue date Jan 16, 2024
- Merck Patent GmbH
- Yong-Hyun Choi
- C09 - DYES PAINTS POLISHES NATURAL RESINS ADHESIVES MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITION...
Information Patent Grant
Polymerisable liquid crystal material and polymerised liquid crysta...
- Patent number 11,820,932
- Issue date Nov 21, 2023
- Merck Patent GmbH
- Dong-Mee Song
- C08 - ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-...
Information Patent Grant
UV curable adhesion promoters based on functionalised polyvinyl alc...
- Patent number 11,795,399
- Issue date Oct 24, 2023
- Merck Patent GmbH
- Hassan Arasi
- C08 - ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-...
Information Patent Grant
Mesogen compounds
- Patent number 11,781,070
- Issue date Oct 10, 2023
- Transitions Optical, Ltd.
- Ramaiahgari Reddy
- C07 - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
Information Patent Grant
Display device, display module, and electronic device
- Patent number 11,774,816
- Issue date Oct 3, 2023
- Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
- Shunpei Yamazaki
- C09 - DYES PAINTS POLISHES NATURAL RESINS ADHESIVES MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITION...
Information Patent Grant
Method for the preparation of a liquid crystal polymer film
- Patent number 11,718,790
- Issue date Aug 8, 2023
- Merck Patent GmbH
- Stephen Mulcahy
- C08 - ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-...
Information Patent Grant
Polarizing film, method for manufacturing same, polarizing plate, a...
- Patent number 11,634,639
- Issue date Apr 25, 2023
- Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
- Yosuke Ota
- G02 - OPTICS
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Band edge emission enhanced organic light emitting diode utilizing...
- Patent number 11,329,236
- Issue date May 10, 2022
- RED BANK TECHNOLOGIES LLC
- Gene C. Koch
- C09 - DYES PAINTS POLISHES NATURAL RESINS ADHESIVES MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITION...
Information Patent Grant
Polymerisable LC medium and polymer film with flat optical dispersion
- Patent number 11,248,171
- Issue date Feb 15, 2022
- Merck Patent GmbH
- Eduardo Beltran Gracia
- C08 - ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-...
Information Patent Grant
Polymerizable liquid crystal compound, polymerizable composition, a...
- Patent number 10,858,589
- Issue date Dec 8, 2020
- FUJIFILM Corporation
- Daisuke Hayashi
- C08 - ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-...
Information Patent Grant
Band edge emission enhanced organic light emitting diode utilizing...
- Patent number 10,727,421
- Issue date Jul 28, 2020
- RED BANK TECHNOLOGIES LLC
- Gene C. Koch
- H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
Information Patent Grant
Optical isomer
- Patent number 10,655,066
- Issue date May 19, 2020
- DIC Corporation
- Masahiro Horiguchi
- C09 - DYES PAINTS POLISHES NATURAL RESINS ADHESIVES MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITION...
Information Patent Grant
Liquid crystal display and manufacturing method thereof
- Patent number 10,459,291
- Issue date Oct 29, 2019
- Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
- Hyeok Jin Lee
- C09 - DYES PAINTS POLISHES NATURAL RESINS ADHESIVES MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITION...
Information Patent Grant
Marking comprising a chiral liquid crystal polymer and a luminescen...
- Patent number 9,987,866
- Issue date Jun 5, 2018
- SICPA Holding S.A.
- Eric Decoux
- B42 - BOOKBINDING ALBUMS FILES SPECIAL PRINTED MATTER
Information Patent Grant
Identification and authentication using liquid crystal material mar...
- Patent number 8,740,088
- Issue date Jun 3, 2014
- SICPA Holding S.A.
- Xavier Marguerettaz
- B42 - BOOKBINDING ALBUMS FILES SPECIAL PRINTED MATTER
Information Patent Grant
Identification and authentication using liquid crystal material mar...
- Patent number 8,734,679
- Issue date May 27, 2014
- SICPA Holding S.A.
- Xavier Marguerettaz
- B42 - BOOKBINDING ALBUMS FILES SPECIAL PRINTED MATTER
Information Patent Grant
Photosensitive composition, optical element using the same, and met...
- Patent number 7,758,969
- Issue date Jul 20, 2010
- Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
- Shinji Hayashi
- C09 - DYES PAINTS POLISHES NATURAL RESINS ADHESIVES MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITION...
Information Patent Grant
Multilayer laminates comprising twisted nematic liquid crystals
- Patent number 7,744,970
- Issue date Jun 29, 2010
- E. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company
- Lee A. Silverman
- C09 - DYES PAINTS POLISHES NATURAL RESINS ADHESIVES MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITION...
Information Patent Grant
Polymerizable menthol derivative
- Patent number 7,682,522
- Issue date Mar 23, 2010
- Chisso Corporation
- Mayumi Tanabe
- C09 - DYES PAINTS POLISHES NATURAL RESINS ADHESIVES MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITION...
Information Patent Grant
Liquid-crystalline (METH) acrylate derivatives and composition cont...
- Patent number 7,541,071
- Issue date Jun 2, 2009
- Chisso Corporation
- Ryushi Shundo
- C09 - DYES PAINTS POLISHES NATURAL RESINS ADHESIVES MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITION...
Information Patent Grant
Polymerizable liquid crystalline composition and liquid crystal fil...
- Patent number 7,416,765
- Issue date Aug 26, 2008
- Nippon Oil Corporation
- Takashi Seki
- C08 - ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-...
Information Patent Grant
Printable liquid crystal material
- Patent number 7,344,762
- Issue date Mar 18, 2008
- Merck Patent GmbH
- Robert Hammond-Smith
- B42 - BOOKBINDING ALBUMS FILES SPECIAL PRINTED MATTER
Information Patent Grant
Method for manufacturing liquid crystal orientation film, liquid cr...
- Patent number 7,011,775
- Issue date Mar 14, 2006
- Nitto Denko Corporation
- Hironori Motomura
- C09 - DYES PAINTS POLISHES NATURAL RESINS ADHESIVES MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITION...
Information Patent Grant
Pigment flakes
- Patent number 6,552,102
- Issue date Apr 22, 2003
- Merck Patent Gesellschaft mit beschrankter Haftung
- Eike Poetsch
- C09 - DYES PAINTS POLISHES NATURAL RESINS ADHESIVES MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITION...
Information Patent Grant
Chip card with bistable display
- Patent number 6,365,238
- Issue date Apr 2, 2002
- Aventis Research & Technologies GmbH
- Hans-Rolf Dübal
- C09 - DYES PAINTS POLISHES NATURAL RESINS ADHESIVES MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITION...

Patents Applicationslast 30 patents

Information Patent Application
DISPLAY DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF
- Publication number 20240295776
- Publication date Sep 5, 2024
- AUO Corporation
- Yi-Ling Lin
- C09 - DYES PAINTS POLISHES NATURAL RESINS ADHESIVES MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITION...
Information Patent Application
POLYMERISABLE OLIGOMERIC LIQUID CRYSTAL, POLYMERISABLE MEDIUM AND P...
- Publication number 20240209264
- Publication date Jun 27, 2024
- Merck Patent GmbH
- Danqing Liu
- C09 - DYES PAINTS POLISHES NATURAL RESINS ADHESIVES MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITION...
Information Patent Application
DISPLAY DEVICE, DISPLAY MODULE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE
- Publication number 20230400740
- Publication date Dec 14, 2023
- Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
- Shunpei YAMAZAKI
- C09 - DYES PAINTS POLISHES NATURAL RESINS ADHESIVES MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITION...
Information Patent Application
DISPLAY DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF
- Publication number 20230333430
- Publication date Oct 19, 2023
- AUO Corporation
- Yi-Ling Lin
- G02 - OPTICS
Information Patent Application
OPTICAL LAMINATE AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE
- Publication number 20230303929
- Publication date Sep 28, 2023
- FUJIFILM CORPORATION
- Yoshinori MAEDA
- C09 - DYES PAINTS POLISHES NATURAL RESINS ADHESIVES MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITION...
Information Patent Application
UV CURABLE ADHESION PROMOTERS BASED ON FUNCTIONALISED POLYVINYL ALC...
- Publication number 20220363992
- Publication date Nov 17, 2022
- Merck Patent GmbH
- Hassan ARASI
- C09 - DYES PAINTS POLISHES NATURAL RESINS ADHESIVES MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITION...
Information Patent Application
OPTICALLY ANISOTROPIC MULTILAYER PRODUCT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME
- Publication number 20220340815
- Publication date Oct 27, 2022
- ZEON CORPORATION
- Manabu ITO
- C08 - ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-...
Information Patent Application
Mesogen Compounds
- Publication number 20220275278
- Publication date Sep 1, 2022
- Transitions Optical, Ltd.
- Ramaiahgari Reddy
- G02 - OPTICS
Information Patent Application
BAND EDGE EMISSION ENHANCED ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODE UTILIZING...
- Publication number 20220271239
- Publication date Aug 25, 2022
- RED BANK TECHNOLOGIES LLC
- Gene C. Koch
- G02 - OPTICS
Information Patent Application
COMPOSITION, FILM, LAMINATE, AND DISPLAY DEVICE
- Publication number 20220251451
- Publication date Aug 11, 2022
- SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
- Keisuke TAKAHASHI
- G02 - OPTICS
Information Patent Application
COMPOSITION FOR FORMING POLARIZER, POLARIZER, LAMINATE, AND IMAGE D...
- Publication number 20220213385
- Publication date Jul 7, 2022
- FUJIFILM CORPORATION
- Wataru HOSHINO
- C08 - ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-...
Information Patent Application
METHOD FOR THE PREPARATION OF A LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMER FILM
- Publication number 20220119712
- Publication date Apr 21, 2022
- Merck Patent GmbH
- Stephen MULCAHY
- C08 - ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-...
Information Patent Application
POLYMERISABLE LIQUID CRYSTAL MATERIAL AND POLYMERISED LIQUID CRYSTA...
- Publication number 20220033711
- Publication date Feb 3, 2022
- Merck Patent GmbH
- Yong-Hyun CHOI
- C08 - ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-...
Information Patent Application
PERPENDICULARLY ALIGNED LIQUID CRYSTAL CURED FILM AND LAMINATE INCL...
- Publication number 20210403811
- Publication date Dec 30, 2021
- Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
- Tatsuaki KASAI
- H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
Information Patent Application
DISPLAY DEVICE, DISPLAY MODULE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE
- Publication number 20210356797
- Publication date Nov 18, 2021
- SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
- Shunpei YAMAZAKI
- C09 - DYES PAINTS POLISHES NATURAL RESINS ADHESIVES MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITION...
Information Patent Application
POLYMERIZABLE LIQUID CRYSTAL MATERIAL AND POLYMERIZED LIQUID CRYSTA...
- Publication number 20210222068
- Publication date Jul 22, 2021
- Merck Patent GmbH
- Yong-Hyun CHOI
- C08 - ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-...
Information Patent Application
POLARIZING FILM, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME, POLARIZING PLATE, A...
- Publication number 20210207030
- Publication date Jul 8, 2021
- Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
- Yosuke OTA
- C09 - DYES PAINTS POLISHES NATURAL RESINS ADHESIVES MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITION...
Information Patent Application
BAND EDGE EMISSION ENHANCED ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODE UTILIZING...
- Publication number 20210013429
- Publication date Jan 14, 2021
- RED BANK TECHNOLOGIES LLC
- Gene C. Koch
- C09 - DYES PAINTS POLISHES NATURAL RESINS ADHESIVES MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITION...
Information Patent Application
POLYMERISABLE LIQUID CRYSTAL MATERIAL AND POLYMERISED LIQUID CRYSTA...
- Publication number 20200291299
- Publication date Sep 17, 2020
- Merck Patent GmbH
- Stephen MULCAHY
- C08 - ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-...
Information Patent Application
POLYMERIZABLE LIQUID CRYSTAL COMPOSITION, OPTICAL FILM INCLUDING TH...
- Publication number 20200199452
- Publication date Jun 25, 2020
- DIC CORPORATION
- Hidetoshi Nakata
- C08 - ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-...
Information Patent Application
POLYMERISABLE LC MEDIUM AND POLYMER FILM WITH FLAT OPTICAL DISPERSION
- Publication number 20200024519
- Publication date Jan 23, 2020
- Merck Patent GmbH
- Eduardo BELTRAN GRACIA
- C08 - ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-...
Information Patent Application
POLYMERISABLE LIQUID CRYSTAL MATERIAL AND POLYMERISED LIQUID CRYSTA...
- Publication number 20190218459
- Publication date Jul 18, 2019
- Merck Patent GmbH
- Dong-Mee SONG
- C09 - DYES PAINTS POLISHES NATURAL RESINS ADHESIVES MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITION...
Information Patent Application
POLYMERIZABLE LIQUID CRYSTAL COMPOUND, POLYMERIZABLE COMPOSITION, A...
- Publication number 20180171232
- Publication date Jun 21, 2018
- FUJIFILM CORPORATION
- Daisuke HAYASHI
- C07 - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
Information Patent Application
OPTICAL ISOMER
- Publication number 20180037819
- Publication date Feb 8, 2018
- DIC CORPORATION
- Masahiro HORIGUCHI
- C09 - DYES PAINTS POLISHES NATURAL RESINS ADHESIVES MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITION...
Information Patent Application
POLYMERIZABLE COMPOSITION AND OPTICALLY ANISOTROPIC BODY USING SAME
- Publication number 20180016502
- Publication date Jan 18, 2018
- DIC CORPORATION
- Kouichi Endo
- C09 - DYES PAINTS POLISHES NATURAL RESINS ADHESIVES MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITION...
Information Patent Application
LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF
- Publication number 20170351146
- Publication date Dec 7, 2017
- SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
- Hyeok Jin LEE
- C09 - DYES PAINTS POLISHES NATURAL RESINS ADHESIVES MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITION...
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IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION USING LIQUID CRYSTAL MATERIAL MAR...
- Publication number 20120273722
- Publication date Nov 1, 2012
- SICPA Holding S.A.
- Xavier Marguerettaz
- B42 - BOOKBINDING ALBUMS FILES SPECIAL PRINTED MATTER
Information Patent Application
OPTICALLY ANISOTOPIC FILM, PROCESS FOR PRODUCING OPTICALLY ANISOTOP...
- Publication number 20110117295
- Publication date May 19, 2011
- FUJIFILM Corporation
- Masaomi Kimura
- G02 - OPTICS
Information Patent Application
IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION USING LIQUID CRYSTAL MATERIAL MAR...
- Publication number 20110101088
- Publication date May 5, 2011
- SICPA HOLDINGS SA
- Xavier Marguerettaz
- B42 - BOOKBINDING ALBUMS FILES SPECIAL PRINTED MATTER
Information Patent Application
MULTILAYER LAMINATES COMPRISING TWISTED NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS
- Publication number 20100307670
- Publication date Dec 9, 2010
- E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
- Lee A. Silverman
- G02 - OPTICS

containing at least one asymmetric carbon atom

Industry

Parent Industries

Current Industry

Patents Grantslast 30 patents

Display device, display module, and electronic device

Perpendicularly aligned liquid crystal cured film and laminate incl...

Display device and manufacturing method thereof

Composition, film, laminate, and display device

Display panel, display device, and method for sorting phase differe...

Polymerisable liquid crystal material and polymerised liquid crysta...

Polymerisable liquid crystal material and polymerised liquid crysta...

UV curable adhesion promoters based on functionalised polyvinyl alc...

Mesogen compounds

Display device, display module, and electronic device

Method for the preparation of a liquid crystal polymer film

Polarizing film, method for manufacturing same, polarizing plate, a...

Band edge emission enhanced organic light emitting diode utilizing...

Polymerisable LC medium and polymer film with flat optical dispersion

Polymerizable liquid crystal compound, polymerizable composition, a...

Band edge emission enhanced organic light emitting diode utilizing...

Optical isomer

Liquid crystal display and manufacturing method thereof

Marking comprising a chiral liquid crystal polymer and a luminescen...

Identification and authentication using liquid crystal material mar...

Identification and authentication using liquid crystal material mar...

Photosensitive composition, optical element using the same, and met...

Multilayer laminates comprising twisted nematic liquid crystals

Polymerizable menthol derivative

Liquid-crystalline (METH) acrylate derivatives and composition cont...

Polymerizable liquid crystalline composition and liquid crystal fil...

Printable liquid crystal material

Method for manufacturing liquid crystal orientation film, liquid cr...

Pigment flakes

Chip card with bistable display

Patents Applicationslast 30 patents

DISPLAY DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF

POLYMERISABLE OLIGOMERIC LIQUID CRYSTAL, POLYMERISABLE MEDIUM AND P...

DISPLAY DEVICE, DISPLAY MODULE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE

DISPLAY DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF

OPTICAL LAMINATE AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE

UV CURABLE ADHESION PROMOTERS BASED ON FUNCTIONALISED POLYVINYL ALC...

OPTICALLY ANISOTROPIC MULTILAYER PRODUCT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME

Mesogen Compounds

BAND EDGE EMISSION ENHANCED ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODE UTILIZING...

COMPOSITION, FILM, LAMINATE, AND DISPLAY DEVICE

COMPOSITION FOR FORMING POLARIZER, POLARIZER, LAMINATE, AND IMAGE D...

METHOD FOR THE PREPARATION OF A LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMER FILM

POLYMERISABLE LIQUID CRYSTAL MATERIAL AND POLYMERISED LIQUID CRYSTA...

PERPENDICULARLY ALIGNED LIQUID CRYSTAL CURED FILM AND LAMINATE INCL...

DISPLAY DEVICE, DISPLAY MODULE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE

POLYMERIZABLE LIQUID CRYSTAL MATERIAL AND POLYMERIZED LIQUID CRYSTA...

POLARIZING FILM, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME, POLARIZING PLATE, A...

BAND EDGE EMISSION ENHANCED ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODE UTILIZING...

POLYMERISABLE LIQUID CRYSTAL MATERIAL AND POLYMERISED LIQUID CRYSTA...

POLYMERIZABLE LIQUID CRYSTAL COMPOSITION, OPTICAL FILM INCLUDING TH...

POLYMERISABLE LC MEDIUM AND POLYMER FILM WITH FLAT OPTICAL DISPERSION

POLYMERISABLE LIQUID CRYSTAL MATERIAL AND POLYMERISED LIQUID CRYSTA...

POLYMERIZABLE LIQUID CRYSTAL COMPOUND, POLYMERIZABLE COMPOSITION, A...

OPTICAL ISOMER

POLYMERIZABLE COMPOSITION AND OPTICALLY ANISOTROPIC BODY USING SAME

LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF

IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION USING LIQUID CRYSTAL MATERIAL MAR...

OPTICALLY ANISOTOPIC FILM, PROCESS FOR PRODUCING OPTICALLY ANISOTOP...

IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION USING LIQUID CRYSTAL MATERIAL MAR...

MULTILAYER LAMINATES COMPRISING TWISTED NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS