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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:
Nov. 06, 2001
Filed:
Apr. 12, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ian C Sage, Malvern, GB;
Keith M Blackwood, Malvern, GB;
Michelle Jones, Malvern, GB;
Mark A Verrall, Poole, GB;
David Coates, Poole, GB;
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C09K 1/938 ; G02F 1/1333 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C09K 1/938 ; G02F 1/1333 ;
Abstract
This invention describes a method for the loading and alignment of elastomers in electro-optic and electro-active devices. It comprises the in-situ polymerization between substrates of liquid crystal monomers in the presence of cross-linking reagents. It also describes the production of free-standing elastomer films.