Patents by Inventor Peter Raynes

Peter Raynes 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).

  • Liquid crystal device and method of manufacture thereof
    Patent number: 8830423
    Abstract: A method of making a liquid crystal device is provided, the method comprising (i) providing a cell containing a mixture of a liquid crystal and pre-polymer (ii) applying a stimulus to arrange the liquid crystal in a first predetermined state and (iii) subsequent to, or contemporaneously with, step (ii), causing the pre-polymer to form polymer when the liquid crystal is in a second predetermined state, wherein steps (ii) and (iii) are performed a plurality of times.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Bo-Ru Yang, Steve Elston, Peter Raynes, Han-Ping Shieh
  • LIQUID CRYSTAL DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE THEREOF
    Publication number: 20110037938
    Abstract: A method of making a liquid crystal device is provided, the method comprising (i) providing a cell containing a mixture of a liquid crystal and pre-polymer (ii) applying a stimulus to arrange the liquid crystal in a first predetermined state and (iii) subsequent to, or contemporaneously with, step (ii), causing the pre-polymer to form polymer when the liquid crystal is in a second predetermined state, wherein steps (ii) and (iii) are performed a plurality of times.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2008
    Publication date: February 17, 2011
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GESELLSCHAFT BESCHRANKTER HAFTUNG
    Inventors: Peter Raynes, Steve Elston, Bo-Ru Yang, Han-Ping D. Shieh