ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,534,669, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Merck Patent GmbH (Germany).
"Isothiocyanatoethynylbenzene derivatives" was invented by Constanze Brocke (Darmstadt, Germany) and Andreas Taugerbeck (Darmstadt, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Isothiocyanatoethynylbenzene derivatives of formula Iliquid crystal media comprising the isothiocyanatoethynylbenzene derivatives, and high-frequency components comprising these media, especially microwave components for high-frequency devices, such as devices for shifting the phase of microwaves, tunable filters, tunable metamaterial structures, and electronic beam steering antennas (e.g., phased ...