ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,645,013, issued on June 2, was assigned to TCL CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY Co. LTD. (Shenzhen, China).

"Polarizers and liquid crystal display devices" was invented by Wen Wan (Shenzhen, China) and Ji Li (Shenzhen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A polarizer and a liquid crystal display device. The polarizer includes a hard coating including whiskers."

The patent was filed on June 25, 2023, under Application No. 18/553,551.

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