Patent ID: 6900876

Claim:
A method of forming a display element comprising: a) providing a flexible web; b) forming a plurality of first conductors over said flexible web; c) depositing a layer of cholesteric liquid-crystal material, in the form of droplets of liquid crystal in a liquid carrier, over a preselected area of each of said first conductors so that a preselected portion of each of said first conductors is uncoated, wherein, the layer of cholesteric liquid-crystal material is simultaneously deposited on a plurality of display elements on the flexible web; d) drying said liquid carrier to form a layer comprising domains of polymer-dispersed cholesteric liquid-crystal in a continuous matrix; e) forming a plurality of second conductors, electrically isolated from the first conductors, over said layer of polymer-dispersed liquid-crystal domains so that an electric field between the second conductors and said uncoated portions of the first conductors is capable of changing the optical state of the polymer-dispersed cholesteric liquid-crystal.