Patents by Inventor Quentin Hodges

Quentin Hodges has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Optical retardation firm
    Patent number: 7105586
    Abstract: The invention relates to an optical retardation film comprising two layers of an anisotropic polymer adjacent to each other or adjacent to both sides of a substrate, characterized in that each layer exhibits a tilted structure with an optical symmetry axis having a tilt angle ? relative to the plane of the layer, to a means to produce substantially linear polarized light comprising such an optical retardation film and to a liquid crystal display comprising such an optical retardation film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2006
    Assignee: Merck KGaA
    Inventors: Mark Verrall, Mark Goulding, Quentin Hodges, Ben Godden
  • Anisotropic polymer layer
    Patent number: 6899929
    Abstract: The invention relates to an optical retardation film comprising two layers of an anisotropic polymer adjacent to each other or adjacent to both sides of a substrate, characterized in that each layer exhibits a tilted structure with an optical symmetry axis having a tilt angle ? relative to the plane of the layer, to a means to produce substantially linear polarized light comprising such an optical retardation film and to a liquid crystal display comprising such an optical retardation film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2005
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Mark Verrall, Mark Goulding, Quentin Hodges, Ben Godden
  • Optical retardation film
    Publication number: 20040175513
    Abstract: The invention relates to an optical retardation film comprising two layers of an anisotropic polymer adjacent to each other or adjacent to both sides of a substrate, characterized in that each layer exhibits a tilted structure with an optical symmetry axis having a tilt angle &thgr; relative to the plane of the layer, to a means to produce substantially linear polarized light comprising such an optical retardation film and to a liquid crystal display comprising such an optical retardation film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2004
    Publication date: September 9, 2004
    Inventors: Mark Verrall, Mark Goulding, Quentin Hodges, Ben Godden
  • Anisotropic polymer layer
    Publication number: 20010022998
    Abstract: The invention relates to an optical retardation film comprising two layers of an anisotropic polymer adjacent to each other or adjacent to both sides of a substrate, characterized in that each layer exhibits a tilted structure with an optical symmetry axis having a tilt angle &thgr; relative to the plane of the layer, to a means to produce substantially linear polarized light comprising such an optical retardation film and to a liquid crystal display comprising such an optical retardation film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2001
    Publication date: September 20, 2001
    Applicant: Merck Patent gesellschaft Mit Beschrankter Haftung
    Inventors: Mark Verrall, Mark Goulding, Quentin Hodges, Ben Godden
  • Optical retardation film
    Patent number: 6291035
    Abstract: The invention relates to an optical retardation film comprising two layers of an anisotropic polymer adjacent to each other or adjacent to both sides of a substrate, characterized in that each layer exhibits a tilted structure with an optical symmetry axis having a tilt angle &thgr; relative to the plane of the layer, to a means to produce substantially linear polarized light comprising such an optical retardation film and to a liquid crystal display comprising such an optical retardation film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2001
    Assignee: Merck Patent Gesellschaft mit
    Inventors: Mark Verrall, Mark Goulding, Quentin Hodges, Ben Godden