ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,473,494, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to KAO Corp. (Tokyo).
"Liquid-crystal composition" was invented by Takanori Kotera (Wakayama, Japan) and Noritaka Takahashi (Sumida-ku, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A liquid-crystal composition containing a liquid crystal having an Fd-3m structure, wherein the liquid-crystal composition is formed by blending a surfactant (a), an oil agent (b), and water (c); the surfactant (a) is a surfactant that is capable of forming at least one structural body (x) selected from a hexagonal structural body and a pre-hexagonal structural body when mixed with the water (c); the oil agent (b) is an oil age...