ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,552,992, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to FUJIFILM Corp. (Tokyo).

"Optical laminate and image display device" was invented by Yoshinori Maeda (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is an optical laminate that has excellent uniformity and is capable of suppressing a change in tint of reflected light during black display in a case where the optical laminate is used for an image display device, and an image display device formed of the optical laminate. The optical laminate includes a light absorption anisotropic layer containing a dichroic substance, a photo-alignment film, and a base material in order, in which the pho...