ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,638,732, issued on May 26, was assigned to KWANSEI GAKUIN EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION (Hyogo, Japan).
"Liquid crystal element and liquid crystal element production method" was invented by Hiroyuki Yoshida (Suita, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A liquid crystal element (100) includes a first electrode (20), a first liquid crystal layer (40), a second electrode (50), a second liquid crystal layer (70), and a third electrode (80). The first electrode (20) has light transmittance. The first liquid crystal layer (40) contains first macromolecules and a plurality of first liquid crystal molecules. The second electrode (50) has light transmitta...