US Patent Issued to MERCK PATENT on March 25 for "Liquid crystal medium" (Chinese, German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,258,510, issued on March 25, was assigned to MERCK PATENT GMBH (Darmstadt, Germany).

"Liquid crystal medium" was invented by Sven Christian Laut (Darmstadt, Germany) and Fisher (Shuo) Yu (Shanghai).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a liquid crystal (LC) medium comprising a compound of formula I and one or more compounds selected from the group of compounds of the formulae IIA, IIB, IIC and IID, as defined in claim 1, and to the use thereof for optical, electro-optical and electronic purposes, in particular in LC displays, especially in IPS, FFS, VA or PS-VA displays."

The patent was filed on June 30, 2021, ...