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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2005
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2002
Applicants:
Martin Kits Van Heyningen, Newport, RI (US);
Thierry Verbiest, Veltem, BE;
Andre Persoons, Holsbeek, BE;
Celeste Samyn, Herent, BE;
Guy Koeckelberghs, Heist-Op-Den-Berg, BE;
Inventors:
Martin Kits van Heyningen, Newport, RI (US);
Thierry Verbiest, Veltem, BE;
Andre Persoons, Holsbeek, BE;
Celeste Samyn, Herent, BE;
Guy Koeckelberghs, Heist-Op-Den-Berg, BE;
Assignee:
KVH Industries, Inc., Middletown, RI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08G064/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present disclosure is in part directed to optical devices for modulating light comprising compounds which spontaneously align. The disclosure is also directed to electro-optic compounds wherein chromophore substituents are chemically bound to a chiral polymer. In one embodiment, the chiral polymer comprises a binaphthyl monomeric unit.