Patents by Inventor Tohru Maruno

Tohru Maruno 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).

  • Optically active compound and chiral liquid crystal composition containing the same
    Patent number: 5059345
    Abstract: An optically active compound represented by the general formula (I) of:R--Z--COO--(Ph).sub.k --Ph(Y)--CO--(CH.sub.2).sub.m C*HE L (1)In the general formula (I); R is an alkyl or alkoxy group having 4 to 22 carbon atoms; Z is the one selected from the group consisting of --Ph--, --Ph(X)--, --Ph--Ph--, Ph(X)--Ph--, --Ph--cy--, --Ph(X)--cy-- and --py--Ph-- is a 1,4-substituted phenylene group; --Ph--Ph-- is a 4,4'-substituted diphenylene group; --cy-- is a trans-1,4-cyclohexane group, --py is 2,5-substituted pyrimide group; X is a halogen atom at the ortho-position to R; k is zero or 1, Y is the one selected from the group consisting of H, OH, halogen atoms and methyl group; C* is an asymmetric carbon atom; E is the one selected from the group consisting of methyl group, halogen atoms and CF.sub.3 ; L is an alkyl, aryl or aralkyl group having not more than 10 carbon atoms; and m is an integer of zero to 6 where m takes zero when Y is H and Z is --Ph-- or --Ph--Ph--.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 1988
    Date of Patent: October 22, 1991
    Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Shogo Kobayashi, Shigeki Ishibashi, Toshio Horie, Shinji Tsuru, Kouzaburou Nakamura, Tohru Maruno