US Patent Issued to The University Court of the University of Edinburgh on Nov. 4 for "System comprising a nematic liquid crystal and an interface" (British Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,460,135, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to The University Court of the University of Edinburgh (Edinburgh, Great Britain).

"System comprising a nematic liquid crystal and an interface" was invented by Tiffany Wood (Edinburgh, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system comprising: a nematic liquid crystal, and at least one interface in contact with the nematic liquid crystal, wherein the interface comprises a first interface region on one side of the nematic liquid crystal and a second interface region on another side of the nematic liquid crystal, the interface comprising nucleation sites to form defect lines in the nematic liq...