ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,606,745, issued on April 21, was assigned to MERCK PATENT GMBH (Darmstadt, Germany).
"Liquid crystal medium" was invented by Akihiro Kojima (Tokyo) and Fumio Shimano (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Liquid crystal (LC) media having negative dielectric anisotropy, the use thereof in an electro-optical display, particularly in a display with passive matrix addressing, based on the VA, ECB, FFS or IPS effect, and displays of this type, in particular an energy saving PM-VA display with low duty driving."
The patent was filed on April 10, 2023, under Application No. 18/132,551.
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