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John L. West
Also filed as: WEST JOHN · WEST JOHN F · WEST JOHN L · West John Lawton
30 granted patents·6 pending applications·1,862 citations·filing 1984–2020
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36 records- 0198US4994204ALight modulating materials comprising a liquid crystal phase dispersed in a birefringent polymeric phaseUNIV KENT STATE OHIO·Filed 1989·Granted Feb 19, 1991·269 cites·17 claims
- 0297US5453863AMultistable chiral nematic displaysUNIV KENT STATE OHIO·Filed 1993·Granted Sep 26, 1995·252 cites·10 claims
- 0396US5240636ALight modulating materials comprising a liquid crystal microdroplets dispersed in a birefringent polymeric matri method of making light modulating materialsUNIV KENT STATE OHIO·Filed 1992·Granted Aug 31, 1993·181 cites·15 claims
- 0495US4890902ALiquid crystal light modulating materials with selectable viewing anglesUNIV KENT STATE OHIO·Filed 1988·Granted Jan 2, 1990·241 cites·39 claims
- 0594US5201760ASurgical needle-suture combination and apparatus and method for attaching the sameAMERICAN CYANAMID CO·Filed 1991·Granted Apr 13, 1993·92 cites·16 claims
- 0694US5004323AExtended temperature range polymer dispersed liquid crystal light shuttersUNIV KENT STATE OHIO·Filed 1988·Granted Apr 2, 1991·108 cites·22 claims
- 0794US4685771ALiquid crystal display material comprising a liquid crystal dispersion in a thermoplastic resinWEST JOHN L·Filed 1986·Granted Aug 11, 1987·133 cites·22 claims
- 0888US5929960AMethod for forming liquid crystal display cell walls using a patterned electric fieldUNIV KENT STATE OHIO·Filed 1997·Granted Jul 27, 1999·148 cites·11 claims
- 0988US5264950ALight modulating device with polarizer and liquid crystal interspersed as spherical or randomly distorted droplets in isotropic polymerUNIV KENT STATE OHIO·Filed 1992·Granted Nov 23, 1993·135 cites·10 claims
- 1085US4673255AMethod of controlling microdroplet growth in polymeric dispersed liquid crystalWEST JOHN·Filed 1986·Granted Jun 16, 1987·82 cites·17 claims
- 1183US5224955ASurgical needle-suture combination and apparatus and method for attaching the sameAMERICAN CYANAMID CO·Filed 1991·Granted Jul 6, 1993·47 cites·5 claims
- 1277US5766694AMethod for forming uniformly-spaced plastic substrate liquid crystal displaysUNIV KENT STATE OHIO·Filed 1997·Granted Jun 16, 1998·52 cites·14 claims
- 1373US8308977B2Methods and systems for monitoring and controlling surfactant concentration in liquid crystal colloidal dispersionsZHANG KE·Filed 2009·Granted Nov 13, 2012·4 cites·20 claims
- 1472US4622284AProcess of using metal azide recording media with laserDIGITAL RECORDING CORP·Filed 1984·Granted Nov 11, 1986·15 cites·9 claims
- 1571US7758773B2Non-synthetic method for modifying properties of liquid crystalsUNIV KENT STATE OHIO·Filed 2007·Granted Jul 20, 2010·4 cites·32 claims
- 1670US5093471ANovel mesogenic amines and liquid-crystalline-side-group polymers incorporating sameUNIV KENT STATE OHIO·Filed 1989·Granted Mar 3, 1992·27 cites·10 claims
- 1768US9233481B2Method of patterning electrically-conductive film on flexible substratesUNIV KENT STATE OHIO·Filed 2012·Granted Jan 12, 2016·2 cites·20 claims
- 1868US8054413B2Stressed liquid crystals materials for light modulationUNIV KENT STATE OHIO·Filed 2009·Granted Nov 8, 2011·2 cites·26 claims
- 1966US7595850B2Stressed liquid crystals materials for light modulationUNIV KENT STATE OHIO·Filed 2005·Granted Sep 29, 2009·2 cites·18 claims
- 2066US7034907B2Stressed liquid crystals as an ultra-fast light modulating material consisting of unidirectionally oriented liquid crystal micro-domains separated by polymer chainsUNIV KENT STATE OHIO·Filed 2003·Granted Apr 25, 2006·10 cites·17 claims
- 2164US5093735AInfrared modulating material comprising a liquid crystal and a mediumUNIV KENT STATE OHIO·Filed 1990·Granted Mar 3, 1992·27 cites·25 claims
- 2263US6927823B1Method for alignment of liquid crystals using irradiated liquid crystal filmsUNIV KENT STATE OHIO·Filed 2000·Granted Aug 9, 2005·8 cites·24 claims
- 2361US10828797B2Method of patterning electrically-conductive film on a flexible substrateWEST JOHN·Filed 2014·Granted Nov 10, 2020·0 cites·9 claims
- 2456US8257639B2Method of making stimuli responsive liquid crystal-polymer composite fibersBUYUKTANIR EBRU A·Filed 2009·Granted Sep 4, 2012·2 cites·20 claims
- 2551US10660571B2Thermochromic fabrics utilizing cholesteric liquid crystal materialWEST JOHN L·Filed 2014·Granted May 26, 2020·1 cites·21 claims
- 2649US8427615B2Transparent conducting electrodes and method for producingWEST JOHN L·Filed 2010·Granted Apr 23, 2013·0 cites·20 claims
- 2749US2011063564A1Liquid crystal composite, cell, device, and method thereofUNIV KENT STATE OHIO·Filed 2009·Application pending·0 cites
- 2849US2022316099A1Liquid crystal clad fibersUNIV KENT STATE OHIO·Filed 2020·Application pending·0 cites
- 2948US2021173241A1Polymer-dispersed, liquid crystal films and systems for shear stress measurement and related methodsUNIV WASHINGTON·Filed 2020·Application pending·0 cites
- 3042US9416487B2Super-piezoelectric composite fiber mats for power generation and soft actuatorsUNIV KENT STATE OHIO·Filed 2013·Granted Aug 16, 2016·0 cites·21 claims
- 3141US2007209941A1Non-mechanical liquid crystal-based fluid controlWEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSTIY·Filed 2007·Application pending·0 cites
- 3236US9971213B2Frequency-controlled electro-optical deviceWest John Lawton·Filed 2016·Granted May 15, 2018·0 cites·24 claims
- 3336US7903228B2Material for liquid crystal cellUNIV KENT STATE OHIO·Filed 2003·Granted Mar 8, 2011·0 cites·24 claims
- 3436US5207701ASurgical needle-suture combination, and apparatus and method for attaching the sameAMERICAN CYANAMID CO·Filed 1990·Granted May 4, 1993·18 cites·10 claims
- 3534US2010279125A1Film comprising substrate-free polymer dispersed liquid crystal; fiber, fabric, and device thereof; and methods thereofUNIV KENT STATE OHIO·Filed 2010·Application pending·0 cites
- 3633US2005191767A1Focused ion beam circuit repair using a hardmask and wet chemistryFiled 2004·Application pending·0 cites
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