C09K 19/20
Linked by a chain containing carbon and oxygen atoms as chain links
Official title: linked by a chain containing carbon and oxygen atoms as chain links, e.g. esters {or ethers}
C09K19/20 (Linked by a chain containing carbon and oxygen atoms as chain links) appears on 1,436 US grants and 1,166 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in C09K- Granted patents
- 1,436
- Published applications
- 1,166
- Assignees
- 313
- Inventors
- 2,199
- Latest grant
- 21 Jul 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 10 | 0 |
| 1977 | 15 | 0 |
| 1978 | 8 | 0 |
| 1979 | 6 | 0 |
| 1980 | 11 | 0 |
| 1981 | 6 | 0 |
| 1982 | 4 | 0 |
| 1983 | 3 | 0 |
| 1984 | 5 | 0 |
| 1985 | 11 | 0 |
| 1986 | 17 | 0 |
| 1987 | 26 | 0 |
| 1988 | 18 | 0 |
| 1989 | 33 | 0 |
| 1990 | 29 | 0 |
| 1991 | 35 | 0 |
| 1992 | 41 | 0 |
| 1993 | 48 | 0 |
| 1994 | 33 | 0 |
| 1995 | 26 | 0 |
| 1996 | 18 | 0 |
| 1997 | 18 | 0 |
| 1998 | 27 | 0 |
| 1999 | 28 | 0 |
| 2000 | 18 | 0 |
| 2001 | 20 | 2 |
| 2002 | 20 | 25 |
| 2003 | 29 | 23 |
| 2004 | 26 | 27 |
| 2005 | 10 | 22 |
| 2006 | 26 | 32 |
| 2007 | 17 | 32 |
| 2008 | 19 | 33 |
| 2009 | 27 | 35 |
| 2010 | 38 | 56 |
| 2011 | 41 | 54 |
| 2012 | 31 | 45 |
| 2013 | 64 | 49 |
| 2014 | 25 | 59 |
| 2015 | 60 | 106 |
| 2016 | 74 | 107 |
| 2017 | 64 | 83 |
| 2018 | 65 | 90 |
| 2019 | 61 | 69 |
| 2020 | 57 | 64 |
| 2021 | 35 | 34 |
| 2022 | 35 | 25 |
| 2023 | 36 | 26 |
| 2024 | 21 | 25 |
| 2025 | 25 | 26 |
| 2026 | 16 | 17 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Polymerisable liquid crystal material and polymerised liquid crystal film21 Jul 2026US 12,686,820 B2Merck Patent GmbH
- Twist-bend nematic liquid crystal (LC) dimer-based material and use thereof, and LC-based cholesteric heliconical (CH) material and use thereof21 Jul 2026US 12,686,821 B2East China University of Science and Technology
- Liquid-crystal media and PNLC light modulation element23 Jun 2026US 12,662,632 B2Merck Patent GmbH
- Liquid crystalline medium and electro-optical device16 Jun 2026US 12,655,350 B2Merck Patent GmbH
- Polymerizable liquid crystal material and polymerized liquid crystal film2 Jun 2026US 12,644,050 B2Merck Patent GmbH
- Polymerizable liquid crystal formulations20 Aug 2026US 2026/0242666 A1Merck Patent GmbH
- Liquid crystal composition and light modulating device thereof13 Aug 2026US 2026/0234471 A1TD Electrooptic Films (TDEF) Inc.
- Liquid-crystalline medium6 Aug 2026US 2026/0226350 A1Merck Patent GmbH
- Liquid crystal composition and liquid crystal display device16 Jul 2026US 2026/0201250 A1Jiangsu Hecheng Display Technology Co., Ltd.
- Reactive mesogens16 Jul 2026US 2026/0201251 A1Merck Patent GmbH
Most cited
By later US patents
- Liquid crystal composition and liquid crystal display device182US 8,361,569 B2Jnc Corporation · 2013
- Process of preparing compositions having multiple oriented mesogens149US 5,073,294 AHercules Incorporated · 1991
- Smectic liquid crystals132US 4,613,209 AAT&T Bell Laboratories · 1986
- Ferroelectric liquid crystal compounds and liquid crystal compositions112US 4,576,732 AHitachi, Ltd. · 1986
- Alignment of ferroelectric LCDs110US 4,561,726 AAT&T Bell Laboratories · 1985