POLYMER-DISPERSED LIQUID CRYSTAL DEVICE HAVING AN ULTRAVIOLET-POLYMERIZABLE MATRIX AND A VARIABLE OPTICAL TRANSMISSION AND A METHOD FOR PREPARING THE SAME - Patent 0566683

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EP 0 566 683 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	27.10.1993 Bulletin 1993/43

(21)	Application number: 92904610.0

(22)	Date of filing: 10.01.1992

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

G02F 1/ 1333^{( . )}
G02F 1/ 1334^{( . )}

C09K 19/ 54^{( . )}

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US1992/000173

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 1992/012219 (23.07.1992 Gazette 1992/19)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	DE ES FR GB IT SE

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Priority:

11.01.1991 US 19910640034

(71)	Applicant: MINNESOTA MINING AND MANUFACTURING COMPANY
	St. Paul, Minnesota 55133-3427 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	MILLER, Stephen, A. Saint Paul, MN 55133-3427 (US) HUFFMAN, William, A. Saint Paul, MN 55133-3427 (US) GILBERT, Laurence, R. Saint Paul, MN 55133-3427 (US) VESLEY, George, F. Saint Paul, MN 55133-3427 (US)

(74)	Representative: Baillie, Iain Cameron
	c/o Ladas & Parry Altheimer Eck 2 D-80331 München D-80331 München (DE)

(54)	POLYMER-DISPERSED LIQUID CRYSTAL DEVICE HAVING AN ULTRAVIOLET-POLYMERIZABLE MATRIX AND A VARIABLE OPTICAL TRANSMISSION AND A METHOD FOR PREPARING THE SAME