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Liquid crystal display element and method for driving same

CA 1304485 C · Owner: Yamagishi, Yasuo · Inventors: Iwasaki, Masayuki; Mochizuki, Akihiro; Yamagishi, Yasuo

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A liquid crystal display element comprising a liquid crystal composition having an optically active compound as at least one constituent and showing a cholesteric phase when an electric field is not applied wherein the liquid crystal composition is arranged between substrates, at least one of which is provided with a transparent electrode, so that long axes of individual liquid crystal molecules are in parallel to one another and are oriented in the same direction as the surfaces of the substrates, and the long axes of the molecules are uniformly aligned in parallel vertically, or inclined to the surfaces of the substrates.

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  • Granted June 30, 1992. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended June 30, 2009.
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FiledDecember 11, 1987
GrantedJune 30, 1992
Term endedJune 30, 2009
Patent numberCA 1304485 C
Classification (IPC)G02F1/13 +2 more

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19881991199419972000200320062009Application filedDec 11, 1987Patent grantedJune 30, 1992Term endedJune 30, 2009

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