ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,468,187, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to OXFORD UNIVERSITY INNOVATION Ltd. (Oxford, Great Britain).
"Liquid crystal for light modulation" was invented by John Sanford O'neill (Oxford, Great Britain), Patrick Salter (Oxford, Great Britain), Stephen Morris (Oxford, Great Britain), Steve Elston (Oxford, Great Britain) and Martin Booth (Oxford, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A liquid crystal device (400) is provided comprising: a liquid crystal layer having a thickness and comprising: a liquid crystal material; and a plurality of polymer structures (414a, 414b) comprising polymerised liquid crystal material. Each polymer str...