Patents by Inventor Georg Bernatz
Georg Bernatz 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).
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Publication number: 20210277310Abstract: The invention relates to a liquid-crystalline medium which comprises at least one compound of the formula I, in which R1, R1*, rings A and B, Z1, L1, L2, a and b have the meanings indicated in Claim 1, and to the use thereof for an active-matrix display, in particular based on the VA, PSA, PS-VA, PALC, FFS, PS-FFS, IPS or PS-IPS effect.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 7, 2021Publication date: September 9, 2021Applicant: Merck Patent GmbHInventors: Melanie KLASEN-MEMMER, Achim GOETZ, Georg BERNATZ
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Patent number: 10745620Abstract: The invention relates to a reactive mesogen (RM) formulation comprising a conductive additive, to a polymer film obtained thereof, and the use of the RM formulation and polymer film in optical or electrooptical components or devices, like optical retardation films for liquid crystal displays (LCDs).Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2017Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: Merck Patent GmbHInventors: Graham Smith, Owain Llyr Parri, Vicki Cook, Georg Bernatz, David Wilkes, Jonathan Henry Wilson, Mark James, Philip Edward May
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Publication number: 20180119010Abstract: The invention relates to a liquid-crystalline medium which comprises at least one compound of the formula I, in which R1, R1*, rings A and B, Z1, L1, L2, a and b have the meanings indicated in Claim 1, and to the use thereof for an active-matrix display, in particular based on the VA, PSA, PS-VA, PALC, FFS, PS-FFS, IPS or PS-IPS effect.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2017Publication date: May 3, 2018Applicant: Merck Patent GmbHInventors: Melanie KLASEN-MEMMER, Achim GOETZ, Georg BERNATZ
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Publication number: 20170283699Abstract: The invention relates to a reactive mesogen (RM) formulation comprising a conductive additive, to a polymer film obtained thereof, and the use of the RM formulation and polymer film in optical or electrooptical components or devices, like optical retardation films for liquid crystal displays (LCDs).Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2017Publication date: October 5, 2017Applicant: Merck Patent GmbHInventors: Graham SMITH, Owain Llyr PARRI, Vicki COOK, Georg BERNATZ, David WILKES, Jonathan Henry WILSON, Mark JAMES, Philip Edward MAY
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Patent number: 9567522Abstract: The instant invention relates to mesogenic systems comprising a) a polymeric component, component A, obtained or obtainable from polymerisation of a precursor comprising one or more mesogenic mono-reactive compounds, one or more di-reactive compounds, which optionally are also mesogenic compounds and optionally a photo-initiator and a low molecular weight component, component B, comprising one or more mono-reactive, mesogenic compounds, one or more mesogenic compounds and one or more chiral dopants, exhibiting a Blue Phase, as well as to the use of these systems in deices and to these devices.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2013Date of Patent: February 14, 2017Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBHInventors: Cecile Schott, John Patrick, Kevin Adlem, Louise Farrand, Georg Bernatz, Achim Goetz, Peter Best, Herbert Plach
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Patent number: 8999459Abstract: The present invention relates to a liquid-crystal (LC) display of the PSA (polymer sustained alignment) type, and to polymerizable compounds and LC media for use in PSA displays.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2008Date of Patent: April 7, 2015Assignee: Merck Patent GmbHInventors: Georg Bernatz, Melanie Klasen-Memmer, Matthias Bremer
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Patent number: 8940375Abstract: The present invention relates to a liquid-crystal (LC) display of the PS (polymer stabilized) or PSA (polymer sustained alignment) type, and to polymerizable compounds and LC media for use in PS (polymer stabilized) and PSA displays.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2008Date of Patent: January 27, 2015Assignee: Merck Patent GmbHInventors: Matthias Bremer, Georg Bernatz
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Publication number: 20150008373Abstract: The invention relates to a reactive mesogen (RM) formulation comprising a conductive additive, to a polymer film obtained thereof, and the use of the RM formulation and polymer film in optical or electrooptical components or devices, like optical retardation films for liquid crystal displays (LCDs).Type: ApplicationFiled: January 3, 2013Publication date: January 8, 2015Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBHInventors: Graham Smith, Owain Llyr Parri, Vicki Cook, Georg Bernatz, David Wilkes, Jonathan Henry Wilson, Mark James, Philip Edward May
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Patent number: 8778466Abstract: The present invention relates to a liquid-crystal display of the PSA (polymer sustained alignment) type, and to novel liquid-crystal media and novel polymerizable compounds for use in PSA displays.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2007Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: Merck Patent GmbHInventors: Georg Bernatz, Andreas Taugerbeck
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Publication number: 20140028964Abstract: The invention relates to a liquid-crystalline medium which comprises at least one compound of the formula I, in which R1, R1*, rings A and B, Z1, L1, L2, a and b have the meanings indicated in Claim 1, and to the use thereof for an active-matrix display, in particular based on the VA, PSA, PS-VA, PALC, FFS, PS-FFS, IPS or PS-IPS effect.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2012Publication date: January 30, 2014Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBHInventors: Melanie Klasen-Memmer, Achim Goetz, Georg Bernatz
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Patent number: 8409469Abstract: The instant invention relates to mesogenic systems comprising a) a polymeric component, component A, obtained or obtainable from polymerisation of a precursor comprising one or more mesogenic mono-reactive compounds, one or more di-reactive compounds, which optionally are also mesogenic compounds and optionally a photo-initiator and a low molecular weight component, component B, comprising one or more mono-reactive, mesogenic compounds, one or more mesogenic compounds and one or more chiral dopants, exhibiting a Blue Phase, as well as to the use of these systems in deices and to these devices.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2011Date of Patent: April 2, 2013Assignee: Merck Patent GmbHInventors: Cecile Schott, John Patrick, Kevin Adlem, Louise Diane Farrand, Georg Bernatz, Achim Goetz, Peter Best, Herbert Plach
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Patent number: 8333906Abstract: The instant invention relates to mesogenic systems comprising a) a polymeric component, component A, obtained or obtainable from polymerization of a precursor comprising one or more mesogenic mono-reactive compounds, one or more di-reactive compounds, which optionally are also mesogenic compounds and optionally a photo-initiator and a low molecular weight component, component B, comprising one or more mono-reactive, mesogenic compounds, one or more mesogenic compounds and one or more chiral dopants, exhibiting a Blue Phase, as well as to the use of these systems in deices and to these devices.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2010Date of Patent: December 18, 2012Assignee: Merck Patent GmbHInventors: Cecile Schott, John Patrick, Kevin Adlem, Louise Diane Farrand, Georg Bernatz, Achim Goetz, Peter Best, Herbert Plach
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Patent number: 8313669Abstract: The present invention relates to a liquid-crystal (LC) display of the PS (polymer stabilized) or PSA (polymer sustained alignment) type, and to polymerizable compounds and LC media for use in PS (polymer stabilized) and PSA displays.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2008Date of Patent: November 20, 2012Assignee: Merck Patent Gesellschaft mit Beschränkter HaftungInventors: Georg Bernatz, Andreas Taugerbeck
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Patent number: 8304035Abstract: The present invention relates to a liquid-crystal (LC) display of the PS (polymer stabilized) or PSA (polymer sustained alignment) type, and to polymerisable compounds and LC media for use in PS (polymer stabilized) and PSA displays.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2008Date of Patent: November 6, 2012Assignee: Merck Patent GmbHInventors: Georg Bernatz, Andreas Taugerbeck
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Patent number: 8168081Abstract: The invention relates to a liquid-crystalline medium based on a mixture of dielectrically negative, polar compounds which comprises at least one compound of the formula I in which the parameters have the meanings indicated in claim 1, to the use thereof in an electro-optical display, particularly in an active-matrix display based on the VA, ECB, PALC, FFS or IPS effect, and to displays of this type.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2007Date of Patent: May 1, 2012Assignee: Merck Patent Gesellschaft mit beschrankter HaftungInventors: Melanie Klasen-Memmer, Georg Bernatz, Izumi Saito, Matthias Bremer, Lars Lietzau, Volker Reiffenrath
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Patent number: 8114310Abstract: The present invention relates to a liquid-crystal (LC) display of the PSA (polymer sustained alignment) type, and to novel polymerisable compounds and novel LC media for use in PSA displays.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2008Date of Patent: February 14, 2012Assignee: Merck Patent GmbHInventors: Georg Bernatz, Andreas Taugerbeck, Matthias Bremer, Achim Goetz
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Publication number: 20120012785Abstract: The instant invention relates to mesogenic systems comprising a) a polymeric component, component A, obtained or obtainable from polymerisation of a precursor comprising one or more mesogenic mono-reactive compounds, one or more di-reactive compounds, which optionally are also mesogenic compounds and optionally a photo-initiator and a low molecular weight component, component B, comprising one or more mono-reactive, mesogenic compounds, one or more mesogenic compounds and one or more chiral dopants, exhibiting a Blue Phase, as well as to the use of these systems in deices and to these devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2011Publication date: January 19, 2012Inventors: Cecile Schott, John Patrick, Kevin Adlem, Louise Diane Farrand, Georg Bernatz, Achim Goetz, Peter Best, Herbert Plach
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Publication number: 20110101269Abstract: The present invention relates to a liquid-crystal (LC) display of the PS (polymer stabilised) or PSA (polymer sustained alignment) type, and to polymerisable compounds and LC media for use in PS (polymer stabilised) and PSA displays.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2008Publication date: May 5, 2011Applicant: MERCK PATENT GESELLSCHAFT MIT BESCHRANKTER HAFTUNGInventors: Georg Bernatz, Andreas Taugerbeck
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Publication number: 20100309423Abstract: The present invention relates to a liquid-crystal (LC) display of the PS (polymer stabilised) or PSA (polymer sustained alignment) type, and to polymerisable compounds and LC media for use in PS (polymer stabilised) and PSA displays.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 4, 2008Publication date: December 9, 2010Applicant: MERCK PATENT GESELLSCHAFTInventors: Georg Bernatz, Adreas Taugerbeck
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Publication number: 20100304049Abstract: The present invention relates to a liquid-crystal (LC) display of the PSA (polymer sustained alignment) type, and to polymerisable compounds and LC media for use in PSA displays.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2008Publication date: December 2, 2010Applicant: MERCK PATENT GESELLSCHAFT MIT BESCHRANKTER HAFTUNGInventors: Georg Bernatz, Melanie Klasen-Memmer, Matthias Bremer