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  • Publication number: 20130193376
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Publication date: August 1, 2013
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventor: MERCK PATENT GMBH
  • Publication number: 20020158227
    Abstract: The invention relativ to an electroptical system
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2002
    Publication date: October 31, 2002
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: David Coates, Owain Parri, Simon Greenfield, Martin Tillin, Mark Goulding, Patrick Nolan
  • Publication number: 20030026922
    Abstract: The invention relates to chiral compounds of formula I, 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2002
    Publication date: February 6, 2003
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Alison Linda May, Simon Greenfield, Mark John Goulding, Owain Llyr Parri
  • Publication number: 20030080321
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of formula I 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2002
    Publication date: May 1, 2003
    Applicant: MERCK KGAA
    Inventors: Louise Diane Farrand, Christopher Peter Worrall, Owain Llyr Parri, Ian Victor Edward Hassal, Julian Frederick Samuel Vaughan-Spickers
  • Publication number: 20030001137
    Abstract: A liquid-crystalline medium based on a mixture of polar compounds of positive dielectric anisotropy, characterized in that it comprises one or more compounds of the general formula IA and/or IB 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2001
    Publication date: January 2, 2003
    Applicant: Merck Patent Gesellschaft mit beschrankter Haftung
    Inventors: Michael Heckmeier, Matthias Bremer
  • Patent number: 8545720
    Abstract: The present invention relates to liquid-crystal (LC) media for use in LC displays of the PS (polymer stabilised) or PSA (polymer sustained alignment) type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: MERCK PATENT GmbH
    Inventors: Achim Goetz, Melanie Klasen-Memmer, Stephan Derow
  • Patent number: 10081765
    Abstract: The invention relates to a liquid-crystalline medium comprising at least one compound of the formula I, in which R1 and R2 have the meanings indicated in Claim 1, and to the use thereof in electro-optical liquid-crystal displays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Harald Hirschmann, Volker Reiffenrath
  • Publication number: 20040089843
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a liquid-crystalline medium having high twist, to the use thereof for electro-optical purposes, and to displays containing this medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2003
    Publication date: May 13, 2004
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Juliane Suermann, Meike Krumwiede
  • Patent number: 10472569
    Abstract: The invention relates to a liquid-crystalline medium comprising at least one compound of the formula I, in which R1 and R2 have the meanings indicated in Claim 1, and to the use thereof in electro-optical liquid-crystal displays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Harald Hirschmann, Volker Reiffenrath
  • Patent number: 8778466
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Georg Bernatz, Andreas Taugerbeck
  • Patent number: 11015123
    Abstract: The present application relates to a liquid-crystalline material comprising a sterically hindered N-oxide and a dye. The invention furthermore relates to the use of the liquid-crystalline material in an optical switching device for regulation of the passage of sunlight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Michael Junge, Ursula Patwal, Ewa Dominica Ptak
  • Publication number: 20030160210
    Abstract: The invention relates to polymerisable monocyclic compounds, their use in liquid crystal mixtures, polymers and polymer films, and the use of the compounds, mixtures, polymers and polymer films in optical, electrooptical and electronic devices, for decorative and security applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2002
    Publication date: August 28, 2003
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Matthias Bremer, Melanie Klasen-Memmer, Dagmar Klement, Stephan Derow
  • Patent number: 7771801
    Abstract: The invention relates to chiral compounds, methods of their preparation, and to their use in optical, electrooptical, electronic, semiconducting or luminescent components or devices, and in decorative, security, cosmetic or diagnostic applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2010
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventor: Louise Diane Farrand
  • Patent number: 7771800
    Abstract: The invention relates to chiral compounds, methods of their preparation, and to their use in optical, electrooptical, electronic, semiconducting or luminescent components or devices, and in decorative, security, cosmetic or diagnostic applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2010
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventor: Louise Diane Farrand
  • Patent number: 7648646
    Abstract: The invention relates to a liquid crystal (LC) material that aligns homeotropically on substrates with high or low surface energy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2010
    Assignee: Merck Patent Gesellschaft
    Inventors: Richard Harding, Matthew Francis, Owain Llyr Parri, Donald Gordon Graham, Shirley Ann Marden
  • Patent number: 6858268
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a liquid-crystalline medium having high twist, to the use thereof for electro-optical purposes, and to displays containing this medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2005
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Juliane Suermann, Meike Krumwiede
  • Patent number: 8821757
    Abstract: The invention relates to a liquid-crystalline medium comprising one or more compounds of the formula (I), in which R0 has the meanings indicated in Claim 1, and to the use thereof in electro-optical liquid-crystal displays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Wittek, Brigitte Schuler, Lars Lietzau
  • Patent number: 9605204
    Abstract: The present invention relates to liquid crystal media and to high frequency components comprising same, especially microwave components for high-frequency devices, such as devices for shifting the phase of microwaves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Atsutaka Manabe, Christian Jasper, Volker Reiffenrath, Constanze Brocke, Detlef Pauluth, Dagmar Klass
  • Patent number: 8431682
    Abstract: The invention relates to regioregular polyselenophenes, to their use as semiconductors or charge transport materials, in optical, electro-optical or electronic devices, and to optical, electro-optical or electronic devices comprising them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2013
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Martin Heeney, Warren Duffy, Iain McCulloch, Simon Higgins, David Crouch, Peter Skabara
  • Patent number: 7297292
    Abstract: The invention relates to liquid crystal flakes, to methods of their preparation and to their use as pigments for security or decorative applications or optical elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2007
    Assignee: Merck Patent Gesellschaft Mit Beschrankter Haftung
    Inventors: Robert Hammond-Smith, Rodney Riddle, John Patrick