Patents by Inventor Julian Vaughan-Spickers

Julian Vaughan-Spickers 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).

  • Particle beam process for the alignment of reactive mesogens
    Patent number: 8414983
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of aligning reactive mesogens (RM) on a substrate subjected to particle beam treatment, to RM's oriented by said method, especially in form of thin layers, to oriented polymers and polymer films obtained from such oriented RM's and RM layers, and to the use of the RM's, layers, polymers and films in optical, electronic and electrooptical applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: Merck Patent Gesellschaft mit Beschränkter Haftung
    Inventors: Owain Llyr Parri, Alison Linda May, Julian Vaughan-Spickers, Karl Skjonnemand, Oleg Yaroshchuck
  • Particle Beam Process for the Alignment of Reactive Mesogens
    Publication number: 20100020284
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of aligning reactive mesogens (RM) on a substrate subjected to particle beam treatment, to RM's oriented by said method, especially in form of thin layers, to oriented polymers and polymer films obtained from such oriented RM's and RM layers, and to the use of the RM's, layers, polymers and films in optical, electronic and electrooptical applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2007
    Publication date: January 28, 2010
    Inventors: Owain Llyr Parri, Alison Linda May, Julian Vaughan-Spickers, Karl Skjonnemand, Oleg Yaroshchuck
  • Asymmetric catalytic systems
    Publication number: 20060074265
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the recovery and the reuse of catalytic systems involving 1,1?-Bi-2-Naphthol (BINOL) and titanium tetraisopropoxide. A further object of the invention is a new method for catalyzing an asymmetric reaction in high conversion rate and enantioselectivity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2005
    Publication date: April 6, 2006
    Inventors: Julian Vaughan-Spickers, Eric Hope, Alison Stuart, Andrew West
  • Phosphorus-borates with low melting points
    Publication number: 20050000824
    Abstract: The present invention relates to phosphorous borates, methods for their preparation and to the use of these salts in primary batteries, secondary batteries, capacitors, supercapacitors and/or galvanic cells. Furthermore, the present invention relates to the use of these salts as hydraulic liquid, conducting salt, catalyst, solvent, electrolyte or starting compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2002
    Publication date: January 6, 2005
    Inventors: Michael Schmidt, Urs Welz-Biermann, Julian Vaughan-Spickers, Ken Seddon, Andrew Downard
  • Chiral photoisomerizable compounds
    Publication number: 20040026660
    Abstract: The invention relates to chiral photoisomerizable compounds of formula (I) wherein X1, X2, X3, X4, X5 and X6 have the meanings given in claim 1, to liquid crystalline mixtures and polymers containing them, and to the use of chiral photoisomerizable compounds, liquid crystalline mixtures and polymers containing them in optical and electrooptical devices like liquid crystal displays or projection systems, in optical elements like polarizers, retardation films, compensators, colour filters or holographic elements, in liquid crystal pigments and coloured films or coatings for decorative or security applications, cosmetic and pharmaceutical compositions, in nonlinear optics and optical information storage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2003
    Publication date: February 12, 2004
    Inventors: Julian Vaughan-Spickers, Simon Greenfield, Ian Victor Edward Hassall, Christopher J. Dunn, Richard Harding, Tony Jenkins, Alison Linda May