ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,332,520, issued on June 17, was assigned to FUJIFILM Corp. (Tokyo).
"Optically anisotropic layer, optical film, polarizing plate, and image display device" was invented by Yuki Nakamura (Kanagawa, Japan) and Masaaki Suzuki (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optically anisotropic layer in which the occurrence of a haze is suppressed and a winding aptitude is excellent; and an optical film, a polarizing plate, and an image display device, each having the optically anisotropic layer. The optically anisotropic layer is obtained by polymerizing a polymerizable liquid crystal composition containing a polymerizable liquid crysta...