ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,398,326, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to LG Chem Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Monoazo dichroic dye compound, polarizing plate composition comprising same, polarizing plate formed therefrom, and optical device comprising same" was invented by Seo-Young Im (Daejeon, South Korea), Duy Hieu Le (Daejeon, South Korea), Ho-Yong Lee (Daejeon, South Korea) and Sang-A Choi (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mono-azo dichroic dye compound represented by the following Chemical Formula 1, a composition for polarizing plate, a polarizing plate, and an optical device.In Chemical Formula 1, Z represents any one selected from the gr...