ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,559,680, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to KYUSHU NANOTEC OPTICS Co. LTD. (Oita, Japan).

"Liquid crystal composition and liquid crystal element" was invented by Junichi Baba (Oita, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A liquid crystal composition contains a polymerizable organic compound and a liquid crystal compound. The liquid crystal compound has a solid phase-nematic phase transition temperature or smectic phase-nematic phase transition temperature of 0deg C. or lower. The content of the polymerizable organic compound having a glass transition temperature of 0deg C. or lower based on a total amount of the liquid crystal composition ...