Stock material or miscellaneous articles – Liquid crystal optical display having layer of specified... – Alignment layer of specified composition
Reexamination Certificate
2006-03-21
2006-03-21
Pyon, Harold (Department: 1772)
Stock material or miscellaneous articles
Liquid crystal optical display having layer of specified...
Alignment layer of specified composition
C252S299400, C349S123000, C349S124000, C349S135000
Reexamination Certificate
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07014892
ABSTRACT:
The liquid crystal display device of the present invention comprises first and second substrates; a first alignment layer on the first substrate, wherein the first alignment layer includes(spacer S is oxygen, m=10˜10,000), the functional group R includes photo-sensitive constituents and/or non-photo-sensitive constituents, the photo-sensitive constituent includes a material selected from the group consisting of cinnamoyl derivatives, the non-photo-sensitive constituent includes a material selected from the group consisting of CnH2n, CnH2n+1, CnH2nOH, COCnH2n+1, COCnH2n, CnH2n+1−xFx, CnH2n−(x−1)F(x−1), CnH2n−xFxOH, COCnH2n+1−xFx(n=1˜10, x=1˜2n+1), and a combination thereof; and a liquid crystal layer between the first and second substrates.
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Choi Young Seok
Nam Mi Sook
Hon Sow-Fun
Pyon Harold
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