ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,655,349, issued on June 16, was assigned to ROLIC TECHNOLOGIES AG (Allschwil, Switzerland).
"Liquid crystal compounds" was invented by Sabrina Chappellet (Allschwil, Switzerland) and Tobias Von Arx (Allschwil, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Polymerizable liquid crystals are compounds having the following formula (I), liquid crystal polymer (LCP) mixtures include these compounds, LCP networks include these compounds and mixtures, optical or electro-optical devices include these compounds, mixtures, and networks, and methods form these networks and optical or electro-optical devices by using a compound having the following form...