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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:
May. 05, 1992
Filed:
Nov. 03, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Nissan Chemical Industries Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F / ; C09K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
359 76 ; 359 78 ; 2522994 ;
Abstract
A ferroelectric liquid crystal element comprising a pair of substrates each having a transparent electrode and an orientation controlling film formed on the electrode, and ferroelectric liquid crystal sandwiched between the substrates in contact with the film, wherein said orientation controlling film is an organic polymer film treated by rubbing treatment and capable of giving nematic liquid crystal a pretilt angle of at least 10.degree. to the substrate surface.