ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,655,351, issued on June 16, was assigned to JNC Corp. (Tokyo) and JNC PETROCHEMICAL Corp. (Tokyo).
"Liquid crystalline compound, liquid crystal composition, and element" was invented by Eiji Okabe (Chiba, Japan), Takanori Mori (Chiba, Japan), Kazushi Shiren (Chiba, Japan), Yuko Katano (Chiba, Japan), Yujiro Oguchi (Chiba, Japan) and Kosuke Mine (Chiba, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A compound is represented by Formula (1).For example, R1 is alkyl having 1 to 12 carbon atoms; L1 is fluorine; L2 is hydrogen; L3 is fluorine; L4 is methyl; Y1 is hydrogen; Y2 is hydrogen; and n is 0."
The patent was filed on Aug. 4, 2025, under Applic...