ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,753,345, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to Merck Patent GmbH (Darmstadt, Germany).
"Liquid crystal medium and electronic component" was invented by Izumi Saito (Darmstadt, Germany) and Benjamin Snow (Feltham, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A liquid crystal medium comprising a) one or more compounds of formula I and one or more compounds of the formula T and one or more compounds of the formula S1and an electronic component comprising said LC medium, operable in the visible (VIS), infrared (IR) or microwave region of the electromagnetic spectrum. Also, the use of said LC medium in the IR, VIS or microwave region and to device...