Patents by Inventor Frederic Lincker

Frederic Lincker 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).

  • Polymerizable dichroic dyes
    Patent number: 10385215
    Abstract: New dichroic dyes having a composition with slave materials. The dyes may be used for a dichroic polymer network, a dichroic liquid crystalline polymer film (LCP film) or a dichroic liquid crystalline polymer gel, which for instance find application as electro-optical or optical devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: ROLIC AG
    Inventors: Cedric Klein, Frederic Lincker, Frederic Reveaud
  • Cyanostilbenes
    Patent number: 10329486
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel compounds that are particularly useful for the alignment, especially photoalignment, of slave material, especially liquid crystals for optical or electro-optical applications, such as security applications, liquid crystal devices or optical or electro-optical films.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: ROLIC AG
    Inventors: Izabela Bury S. Pires, Sabrina Chappellet, Mohammed Ibn-Elhaj, Frederic Lincker
  • Conducting and semi-conducting alignment materials
    Patent number: 10141512
    Abstract: The invention relates to conducting and semi-conducting photoreactive compounds, represented by the general formula (I), to the use of these compounds for the preparation of oriented and/or orientation layers; and to their use in the construction of unstructured and structured optical, electro optical or optoelectronic elements and multi-layer systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: ROLIC AG
    Inventors: Mohammed Ibn-Elhaj, Frédéric Lincker
  • POLYMERIZABLE DICHROIC DYES
    Publication number: 20170058126
    Abstract: New dichroic dyes having a composition with slave materials. The dyes may be used for a dichroic polymer network, a dichroic liquid crystalline polymer film (LCP film) or a dichroic liquid crystalline polymer gel, which for instance find application as electro-optical or optical devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2015
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Applicant: ROLIC AG
    Inventors: Cedric KLEIN, Frederic LINCKER, Frederic REVEAUD
  • Photoaligning materials
    Patent number: 9493394
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polymer, homo- or copolymer or oligomer for the photoalignment of liquid crystals, especially for the planar orientation of liquid crystals, comprising a main chain and a side chain, wherein the side chain and/or main chain comprises a polar group, compositions thereof, and its use for optical and electro optical devices, especially liquid crystal devices (LCDs).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: ROLIC AG
    Inventors: Sabrina Chappellet, Jean-Francois Eckert, Mohammed Ibn-Elhaj, Frederic Lincker, Satish Palika, Hubert Seiberle, Qian Tang, Eva Veenstra
  • CONDUCTING AND SEMI-CONDUCTING ALIGNMENT MATERIALS
    Publication number: 20160276592
    Abstract: The invention relates to conducting and semi-conducting photoreactive compounds, represented by the general formula (I), to the use of these compounds for the preparation of oriented and/or orientation layers; and to their use in the construction of unstructured and structured optical, electro optical or optoelectronic elements and multi-layer systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2014
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Applicant: ROLIC AG
    Inventors: Mohammed IBN-ELHAJ, Frédéric LINCKER
  • Photoreactive compounds
    Patent number: 9366906
    Abstract: The present invention relates to photoreactive compounds that are particularly useful in materials for the alignment of liquid crystals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: ROLIC AG
    Inventors: Frederic Lincker, Izabela Bury S. Pires, Sabrina Chappellet, Patricia Scandiucci De Freitas, Mohammed Ibn-Elhaj, Qian Tang, Satish Palika, Masato Hoshino, Jean-Francois Eckert
  • Photoaligning materials
    Patent number: 9334366
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polymer, homo- or copolymer or oligomer, which, when irradiated with polarised light orients perpendicular to the polarization direction of polarized actinic light, for the photoalignment of liquid crystals, especially for the planar orientation of liquid crystals, and which derives from at least one monomer (I), compositions thereof, and its use for optical and electro optical devices, such as, liquid crystal devices (LCDs), especially for planar orientation of liquid crystals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: ROLIC AG
    Inventors: Mohammed Ibn-Elhaj, Eva Veenstra, Sabrina Chappellet, Jean-François Eckert, Frederic Lincker, Satish Palika, Valsa Kannookadan, Qian Tang
  • CYANOSTILBENES
    Publication number: 20160083655
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel compounds that are particularly useful for the alignment, especially photoalignment, of slave material, especially liquid crystals for optical or electro-optical applications, such as security applications, liquid crystal devices or optical or electro-optical films.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2014
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Applicant: ROLIC AG
    Inventors: Izabela BURY S. PIRES, Sabrina CHAPPELLET, Mohammed IBN-ELHAJ, Frédéric LINCKER
  • PHOTOALIGNING MATERIALS
    Publication number: 20140342086
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polymer, homo- or copolymer or oligomer, which, when irradiated with polarised light orients perpendicular to the polarization direction of polarized actinic light, for the photoalignment of liquid crystals, especially for the planar orientation of liquid crystals, and which derives from at least one monomer (I), compositions thereof, and its use for optical and electro optical devices, such as, liquid crystal devices (LCDs), especially for planar orientation of liquid crystals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Inventors: Mohammed Ibn-Elhaj, Eva Veenstra, Sabrina Chappellet, Jean-François Eckert, Frédéric Lincker, Satish Palika, Valsa Kannookadan, Qian Tang
  • PHOTOALIGNING MATERIALS
    Publication number: 20140249244
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polymer, homo- or copolymer or oligomer for the photoalignment of liquid crystals, especially for the planar orientation of liquid crystals, comprising a main chain and a side chain, wherein the side chain and/or main chain comprises a polar group, compositions thereof, and its use for optical and electro optical devices, especially liquid crystal devices (LCDs).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Publication date: September 4, 2014
    Applicant: ROLIC AG
    Inventors: Sabrina Chappellet, Jean-Francois Eckert, Mohammed Ibn-Elhaj, Frederic Lincker, Satish Palika, Hubert Seiberle, Qian Tang, Eva Veenstra
  • PHOTOREACTIVE COMPOUNDS
    Publication number: 20140192305
    Abstract: The present invention relates to photoreactive compounds that are particularly useful in materials for the alignment of liquid crystals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2012
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: ROLIC AG
    Inventors: Frederic Lincker, Izabela Bury S. Pires, Sabrina Chappellet, Patricia Scandiucci De Freitas, Mohammed Ibn-Elhaj, Qian Tang, Satish Palika, Masato Hoshino, Jean-Francois Eckert