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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 01, 1989
Filed:
Jun. 23, 1987
Applicant:
Inventors:
Anthony B Davey, Bishop's Stortford, GB;
Matthew F Bone, Bishop's Stortford, GB;
Assignee:
STC PLC, London, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F / ; C09K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
3503 / ; 3503 / ; 25229963 ;
Abstract
Bistable switching between clear and scattering states is provided by a liquid crystal cell whose liquid crystal layer is constituted by a random orientation planar aligned ferroelectric smectic exhibiting a pitch length comparable with the wavelength of visible light.