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Liquid crystal display device

CA 1046618 A · Owner: Ncr Corporation · Inventors: Janning, John L.

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Title of the Invention, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE Abstract of the Disclosure:, A liquid crystal display device having a series of transparent panels, the inner surface of each panel successively supporting a transparent electrode film and an alignment film which sympathetically aligns crystals of liquid crystal material into the direction of film growth. The alignment films have their directions of alignment alternately pointing in the horizontal or vertical direction. Liquid crystal material is placed between adjacent alignment films to form a series of liquid crystal display cells. A character may be formed by certain transparent electrodes in the device. To read out a selected …

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  • Granted January 16, 1979. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended January 16, 1996.
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GrantedJanuary 16, 1979
Term endedJanuary 16, 1996
Patent numberCA 1046618 A
Classification (IPC)G02F1/13 +2 more

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198019821984198619881990199219941996Patent grantedJan 16, 1979Term endedJan 16, 1996

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