ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,325,817, issued on June 10, was assigned to MERCK PATENT GMBH (Darmstadt, Germany).

"Liquid-crystal medium" was invented by Jing Wang (Shanghai).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to liquid-crystal (LC) media as defined in claim 1, having negative dielectric anisotropy and to the use thereof for optical, electro-optical and electronic purposes, in particular in LC displays."

The patent was filed on April 11, 2023, under Application No. 18/133,199.

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