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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. 02, 2000
Filed:
Aug. 05, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Marie Angelopoulos, Cortlandt Manor, NY (US);
David Andrew Lewis, Carmel, NY (US);
Shui-Chih Alan Lien, Briarcliff Manor, NY (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
349129 ; 349124 ;
Abstract
A structure for providing a wide viewing angle for a liquid crystal display or similar comprising the formation of more than one region within a pixel (for each color) which provides more than one pretilt angle is provided by controlling chemistry of a second layer placed in predetermined locations within a single pixel.