ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,619,019, issued on May 5, was assigned to FUJIFILM Corp. (Tokyo).

"Composition for forming polarizer, polarizer, laminate, and image display device" was invented by Wataru Hoshino (Kanagawa, Japan) and Atsuro Nomoto (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a composition for forming a polarizer from which a polarizer with an excellent surface state can be formed, a polarizer, a laminate, and an image display device. The composition for forming a polarizer includes a polymerizable liquid crystal compound which has two or more rings selected from the group consisting of an aromatic ring and an alicyclic ring and two polymer...