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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.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 1992

Filed:

Aug. 09, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:

Frederick E Nobile, DePere, WI (US);

John F Harris, III, Franksville, WI (US);

Gary S Silverman, Racine, WI (US);

Assignee:

Western Publishing Company, Racine, WI (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F / ; G08C / ; G09G / ; G09G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
359 52 ; 359 74 ; 359 83 ; 359 84 ; 340706 ; 340784 ; 178 18 ;
Abstract

A liquid crystal display device includes a base supporting a laminate which has an LC-layer (liquid crystal layer) formed of polymeric material holding micro-volumes of liquid crystal material, and a conductive layer on one surface of the LC-layer, the other surface of the LC-layer being substantially conductor-free, and apparatus for transitory application of potential through the LC-layer to the conductive layer to produce an image. The LC-layer has at least about 50% by weight of the polymeric material and less than 50% of the liquid crystal material by weight of the LC-layer, and the duration of image retention after transitory application of potential ceases is significantly extended.


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