Patents by Inventor Kim Slaney

Kim Slaney 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).

  • Biaxial film II
    Patent number: 8287756
    Abstract: The invention relates to an optically biaxial film comprising an anisotropic material with uniform helically twisted structure and a reflection wavelength below 400 nm, to methods and materials for its preparation, to its use as retardation or compensation film in optical devices like liquid crystal displays, and to compensators and liquid crystal displays comprising such a biaxial film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: Merck Patent Gesellschaft mit Beschränkter Haftung
    Inventors: Mark Verrall, Kim Slaney, Owain Llyr Parri, Richard Harding, Shirley Ann Marden
  • Biaxial film having local birefringence that varies periodically
    Patent number: 7724330
    Abstract: The invention relates to an optically biaxial film comprising an anisotropic material with deformed helically twisted structure and locally varying birefringence, to methods and materials for its preparation, to its uses as retardation or compensation film in optical devices like liquid crystal displays, and to compensators and liquid crystal displays comprising such a biaxial film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2010
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Owain Llyr Parri, Tara Perrett, Kim Slaney, Richard Harding, Mark Verrall, Shirley Ann Marden
  • Biaxial film
    Patent number: 7527833
    Abstract: The invention relates to an optically biaxial film with cholesteric structure, methods and materials for its preparation, its use as retardation or compensation film in optical devices like liquid crystal displays, and to compensators and liquid crystal displays comprising such a biaxial retardation film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2009
    Assignee: Merck Patent Gesellschaft Mit Beschrankter Haftung
    Inventors: Kim Slaney, Mark Verrall, Owain Parri, Karl Skjonnemand, Tara Perrett
  • Biaxial Film II
    Publication number: 20080113111
    Abstract: The invention relates to an optically biaxial film comprising an anisotropic material with uniform helically twisted structure and a reflection wavelength below 400 nm, to methods and materials for its preparation, to its use as retardation or compensation film in optical devices like liquid crystal displays, and to compensators and liquid crystal displays comprising such a biaxial film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2005
    Publication date: May 15, 2008
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Mark Verrall, Kim Slaney, Owain Llyr Parri, Richard Harding, Shirley Ann Marden
  • Biaxial Film Having Local Birefringence That Varies Periodically
    Publication number: 20070258024
    Abstract: The invention relates to an optically biaxial film comprising an anisotropic material with deformed helically twisted structure and locally varying birefringence, to methods and materials for its preparation, to its uses as retardation or compensation film in optical devices like liquid crystal displays, and to compensators and liquid crystal displays comprising such a biaxial film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2005
    Publication date: November 8, 2007
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Owain Parri, Tara Perrett, Kim Slaney, Richard Harding, Mark Verrall, Shirley Marden
  • Combination of optical films comprising a twisted a-plate and a polarizer
    Patent number: 7187424
    Abstract: The invention relates to a combination of optical films comprising a twisted A-plate retarder and a polarizer, its use in displays and optical elements, and to displays comprising such a combination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2007
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Owin Parri, Karl Skjonnemand, Kim Slaney, Mark Verrall
  • Achromatic quarter wave film
    Patent number: 7169447
    Abstract: An achromatic quarter wave film (AQWF) comprising at least one quarter wave film (QWF) and at least one half wave film (HWF), each of said QWF and HWF comprising polymerized or vitrified anisotropic material, to methods and materials for the preparation of the AQWF, its use in optical devices like compensators and liquid crystal displays, and to a liquid crystal display comprising such an AQWF.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2007
    Assignees: Merck Patent GmbH, LG Chemical Ltd.
    Inventors: Jeong Su Yu, Moon Soo Park, Byoung Kun Jeon, Karl Skjonnemand, Kim Slaney, Mark Verrall
  • Biaxial film
    Publication number: 20050219447
    Abstract: The invention relates to an optically biaxial film with cholesteric structure, methods and materials for its preparation, its use as retardation or compensation film in optical devices like liquid crystal displays, and to compensators and liquid crystal displays comprising such a biaxial retardation film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2002
    Publication date: October 6, 2005
    Inventors: Kim Slaney, Mark Verrall, Owain Parri, Karl Skjonnemand, Tara Perrett
  • Combination of optical films comprising a twisted a-plate and a polarizer
    Publication number: 20040095532
    Abstract: The invention relates to a combination of optical films comprising a twisted A-plate retarder and a polarizer, its use in displays and optical elements, and to displays comprising such a combination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2003
    Publication date: May 20, 2004
    Inventors: Owain Parri, Karl Skjonnemand, Kim Slaney, Mark Verrall
  • Broadband reflective polarizer
    Patent number: 6099758
    Abstract: The invention relates to a broadband reflective polarizer that comprises a layer of a polymerized mesogenic material exhibiting a helically twisted molecular structure with planar alignment, said reflective polarizer being obtainable by a process wherein a mixture of a chiral polymerizable mesogenic material comprisinga) at least one achiral polymerizable mesogenic compound,b) at least one chiral compound that can in addition be polymerizable and/or mesogenic,c) a polymerization initiator,is coated on a substrate or between two substrates in form of a layer, aligned in a planar orientation so that the axis of the molecular helix extends transversely to the layer, and polymerized by exposure to heat or actinic radiation, and optionally the substrates are removed from the polymerized material, characterized in that said polymerizable material is coated and polymerized between two different substrates, and/or at least one of said substrates comprises a barrier layer on the surface adjacent to the layer of said p
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2000
    Assignee: Merck Patent Gesellschaft mit beschrankter Haftung
    Inventors: Mark Verrall, Kim Slaney, John Philip Argent, David Coates