Inventor · Frankfurt am Main, DE

Gerhard Illian

25Patents
7h-index
24Co-inventors
61Inventor score

Filing activity: Aug 3, 1990 → Mar 24, 1997

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5430564A Process for producing ferroelectric liquid-crystal cells with oleophilic additive employing heat and low pressure overlapped a short time Physics 22 Expired
US5257122A Ferroelectric liquid crystal display having gray steps or a continuous gray scale Physics 18 Expired
US5118538A Electrically conductive polymers and their use as orienting layer in liquid-crystal switching and display elements Physics 16 Expired
US5384070A Use of optically active tetrahydrofuran-2-carboxylic acid esters as dopants in liquid-crystal mixtures, liquid-crystal mixtures containing same and novel optically active tetrahydrofuran-2-carboxylic acid esters Chemistry; Metallurgy 14 Expired
US5361152A Process for producing ferroelectric liquid-crystal cells Physics 14 Expired
US5206751A Process for the production of an impact-resistant liquid crystal switching and display device Physics 10 Expired
US5353136A Ferroelectric liquid crystal with positive dielectric anisotropy, chevron structure and grey scale Physics 8 Expired
US5695683A Ferroelectric liquid crystal mixture Chemistry; Metallurgy 7 Expired
US5231528A Ferroelectric liquid crystal components having high spontaneous polarization and low helical pitch Physics 6 Expired
US5348684A Organosilylalkyl or organosilylalkenyl compounds, process for preparing them and their use in liquid-crystalline mixtures Chemistry; Metallurgy 6 Expired
US5407599A Cyclopropylaklyl or -alkenyl or heterocyclic compounds, process for their preparation and their use in liquid-crystalline mixtures Chemistry; Metallurgy 6 Expired
US5859680A Electrical addressing of ferroelectric liquid-crystal displays Physics 5 Expired
US5876628A Compounds for use in liquid-crystal composition Chemistry; Metallurgy 4 Expired
US5366657A Geminal dimethylalkyl compounds, process for their preparation and their use in liquid-crystalline mixtures Chemistry; Metallurgy 4 Expired
US5702639A Use of complex ligands for ions in ferroelectric liquid-crystal mixtures Chemistry; Metallurgy 4 Expired
US5328638A Optically active esters of 5-ethyl- and 5-vinyl-1,3-dioxolane-4-carboxylic acid, their use as doping substances in liquid crystal mixtures and the liquid crystal mixtures containing the new esters Chemistry; Metallurgy 3 Expired
US5286409A Liquid-crystalline mixtures, in particular ferroelectric liquid-crystalline mixtures Chemistry; Metallurgy 3 Expired
US5679792A Derivatives of 3-cyclohexylpropionic acid, and the use thereof in ferroelectric liquid-crystal mixtures Chemistry; Metallurgy 2 Expired
US5378394A Ferroelectric liquid-crystalline mixtures Chemistry; Metallurgy 2 Expired
US5344585A Use of 4-fluoropyrimidine derivatives as component for ferroelectric liquid crystal mixtures Chemistry; Metallurgy 1 Expired
US5779935A Ferroelectric liquid crystal mixture Chemistry; Metallurgy 1 Expired
US5443754A Pyridylpyrimidines, a process for their preparation and their use in liquid-crystalline mixtures Chemistry; Metallurgy 0 Expired
US5594575A Ferroelectric liquid-crystal systems having three or more chiral additives with different signs of the helical twist in the cholesteric phase Physics 0 Expired
US5370823A Pyrimidinecyclohexane derivatives, process for their preparation, and their use in liquid-crystalline mixtures Chemistry; Metallurgy 0 Expired
US5354500A Optically active carboxylic esters of oxygen-containing heterocycles as doping substances in liquid crystal mixtures and liquid crystal mixtures containing them Physics 0 Expired

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