Patents Assigned to Secretary of State for Defence in her Britannic Majesty's Government of the United Kingdom of Gt. Britain & N. Ireland of Defence Evaluation and Research Agency
  • Liquid crystal compounds, mixtures and devices
    Patent number: 5798058
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) which are suitable for use in liquid crystal devices including those devices which exploit the electroclinic effect. The compounds of formula (I) may also be used as chiral dopoants suitable for use with ferroelectric liquid crystals or they may be used as chiral nematic dopants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 25, 1998
    Assignee: Secretary of State for Defence in her Britannic Majesty's Government of the United Kingdom of Gt. Britain & N. Ireland of Defence Evaluation and Research Agency
    Inventors: John William Goodby, Kenneth Johnson Toyne, Michael Hird, Robert Andrew Lewis