ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,448,570, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. (Tokyo).

"Liquid crystal element and emulsion composition" was invented by Hideki Sato (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A liquid crystal element including: two substrates having a transparent conductive layer formed thereon, the substrates being arranged so that the transparent conductive layers face each other, and a liquid crystal-polymer composite film sandwiched between the two substrates having a transparent conductive layer, wherein the liquid crystal-polymer composite film includes a polymer matrix and a liquid crystal composition surrounded by the polymer ...