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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120082831 | Nano-Porous Coatings and Making Methods Methods for depositing multiple layers of nanoporous coatings and systems that implement those methods.... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120082855 | Optical film, polarizing plate, image display device, and method for manufacturing optical film An optical film contains a transparent base material having thereon a hard coat layer formed of a hard coat layer forming composition containing the specific components, wherein a refractive index of the hard coat layer is 1.45 or more and not more than 1.55; and in the... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120082863 | Optical film, polarizing plate, image display, and manufacturing method of optical film An optical film includes: a transparent base material; and a hard coat layer with a refractive index of 1.45 to 1.55, which is formed of a composition containing the following (a), (b) and (c): (a) a compound having two or less functional groups in one molecule, having ... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120067401 | VARIABLE LIGHT CONDENSING LENS APPARATUS AND SOLAR CELL APPARATUS It is desirable to provide a variable light condensing lens apparatus and a solar cell apparatus provided therewith in a simple configuration, yet capable of reducing dependency of light condensing efficiency on the angle of incidence of light and thereby improving powe... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120044788 | Timepiece Dial, Method of Manufacturing a Timepiece Dial, and a Timepiece A timepiece dial has excellent transparency to electromagnetic waves (radio and light), and an excellent appearance, a timepiece dial manufacturing method enables manufacturing the timepiece dial, and a timepiece has the timepiece dial. The timepiece dial 1 has a... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120038989 | ANTIREFLECTION COATINGS INCLUDING SCATTERED OBJECTS HAVING TWO SEPARATE RANGES WITH SEPARATE REFRACTION INDICES The present invention relates to a surface treatment method with which anti-reflection properties toward electromagnetic radiation may be imparted to the surface of a substrate. A transparent coating toward said electromagnetic radiation is deposited on said surface, wh... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120040175 | COATED SUBSTRATE Methods for coating a substrate are disclosed, the methods comprising providing a substrate, providing pre-formed nanoparticles of an inorganic material, providing at least one precursor of a first metal oxide, and depositing a coating on at least one surface of the sub... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120028005 | Optical Article Including an Antireflecting Coating Having Antifog Properties and Process for Making Same An optical article comprising a substrate and on at least one face of the substrate a multilayered antireflecting coating functioning in an interferential manner having antifog properties, said antireflecting coating including a last layer with a refractive index n≦1.... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120027933 | Process for Preparing Articles Having Anti-Fog Layer by Layer Coating and Coated Articles Having Enhanced Anti-Fog and Durability Properties A process for making an article having anti-fog properties.... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120026458 | SILICONE HYDROGEL LENSES WITH WATER-RICH SURFACES The invention is related to a hydrated silicone hydrogel contact lens having a layered structural configuration: a lower water content silicone hydrogel core (or bulk material) completely covered with a layer of a higher water content hydrogel totally or substantially f... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120022191 | TRANSPARENT COMPOSITE MATERIAL This invention relates to a transparent composite material having a low coefficient of liner thermal expansion and excellent transparency and flexibility, which is formed by curing a resin composition containing urethane (meth)acrylate, in which 10 to 40% by mass of syn... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120021135 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING EYEGLASS LENS An aspect of the present invention relates to a method of manufacturing an eyeglass lens comprising a primer layer and a hardcoat layer in this order on a substrate, which comprises coating a waterborne resin composition in which a resin component is dispersed or dissol... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120019915 | DURABLE ANTI-REFLECTION COATINGS An article comprising a substrate and an anti-reflection coating, and methods for depositing the coating, are disclosed. The coating comprises (a) a first coating layer having a high refractive index deposited on the substrate; (b) an epoxide-silica coating layer deposi... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120019767 | Optical Article Comprising a Temporary Anti-Fogging Coating with Improved Durability The present invention relates to an optical article comprising a substrate provided with a coating comprising silanol groups on the surface thereof and, directly contacting this coating, an anti-fog coating precursor coating, said precursor coating having a static conta... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120015191 | OPTICAL COATING COMPOSITION Coating compositions yielding cured coatings that exhibit excellent abrasion-resistance and hardness for use on polymeric substrates such as the front side of optical lenses, in a manner that meets or exceeds the stringent requirements for such use. The compositions inc... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20120015111 | DYED PLASTIC LENS FABRICATION METHOD Provided is a process for producing a dyed plastic lens in accordance with which in accordance with which deformation and change in the color of the plastic lens can be suppressed and a plastic lens having a refractive index of 1.7 or greater and, in particular, a refra... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20120013987 | LIGHT SCATTERING SHEET AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME A light scattering sheet includes: a transparent support; and a light scattering layer on the transparent support, the light scattering layer having a phase-separated convexo-concave structure formed by spinodal decomposition of a solution containing two or more resin m... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20120002141 | MESOGENIC STABILIZERS The present invention relates to compounds represented by the following Formula Ia, in which each R1-R6 can in each case be independently selected from hydrogen or hydrocarbyl (e.g., met... | 01/05/2012 |
| 20110305827 | Methods of Using a Non-Photocatalytic Porous Coating as an Antisoiling Coating The present invention relates to the use as an antisoiling coating of a porous coating comprising a polysiloxane matrix and a porous volume such that the potential filling ratio of the total volume of said coating by oleic acid is at least 25% by volume, having a porosi... | 12/15/2011 |
| 20110293929 | AIR OXIDIZABLE SCRATCH RESISTANT PROTECTIVE LAYER FOR OPTICAL COATINGS The present invention provides a scratch protecting layer comprising a metal, metal alloy, metal compound or an intermetallic layer deposited on an air contacting surface. The scratch protecting layer is typically from 1 to 3 nanometers thick and not optically absorbing... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110279781 | PROJECTION SCREEN, PROJECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MAKING THE PROJECTION SCREEN A projection system, projection screen, and method for making the screen are provided. The projection screen includes a flexible transparent substrate having a first surface and an opposite second surface; and a reflective film formed on the second surface of the substr... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110268875 | ANTIREFLECTION FILM AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME There are provided an antireflection film for use primarily in displays such as LCDs, which exhibits both antifouling properties and mar-proofness, as well as a process for its production,
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| 20110262093 | OLED LIGHT EXTRACTION FILMS HAVING INTERNAL NANOSTRUCTURES AND EXTERNAL MICROSTRUCTURES A light extraction film having internal nanostructures and external microstructures for organic light emitting diode (OLED) devices. The light extraction film includes a flexible substantially transparent film, a low index nanostructured layer applied to the film, and a... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110261473 | Articles Having Improved Corrosion Resistance The present application relates to a method for enhancing metal corrosion resistance of a metal deposited on a substrate, the method comprises contacting the metal coated substrate with a treating composition comprising metal oxide nano-particles. Furthermore, the prese... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110256312 | OPTICAL FILM, ANTI-REFLECTION FILM, POLARIZING PLATE AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE An optical film, which comprises: a transparent support; and an optical layer on or above the transparent support, wherein the optical layer contains a thickening agent which shows a viscosity of 10 mPa·sec or more when added to 2-butanone in a content of 3% by mass, a... | 10/20/2011 |
| 20110248223 | Additives for Enhancing the Antistatic Properties of Conductive Polymer-Based Coatings The present invention relates to a curable composition, providing, upon curing, a transparent, antistatic coating, comprising at least one conductive polymer, at least one epoxysilane binder, at least one solvent, and at least one compound of formula R1—[R<... | 10/13/2011 |
| 20110234944 | Polymer-stabilized thermotropic liquid crystal device A resizable polymer-stabilized, thermotropic liquid crystal device formulation is used in passive or active light-regulating and temperature-regulating films, materials and devices, including construction materials. Implementations of the device may be composed of five ... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110229659 | ION BEAM ASSISTED DEPOSITION OF OPHTHALMIC LENS COATINGS Some embodiments provide a physical vapor deposition process for forming a coating on a substrate of an ophthalmic lens in a vacuum deposition chamber. The process can include depositing a multilayer interference stack having a plurality of low refractive index layers a... | 09/22/2011 |
| 20110222179 | MICROMIRROR ARRAYS HAVING SELF ALIGNED FEATURES Methods, arrays, and systems for the optical analysis of multiple chemical, biological, or biochemical reactions are provided. The invention includes methods for producing arrays of micromirrors on transparent substrates, each micromirror comprising a nanostructure or o... | 09/15/2011 |
| 20110199698 | Color filter, method of fabricating the same and liquid-crystal display device A color filter includes a transparent support, a first color layer formed on the support, which includes stripe-shaped first color pixel formation sections and second-and-third color pixel windows arranged at predetermined intervals along a first direction, respectively... | 08/18/2011 |
| 20110188535 | Method and Sensor for Determining the Hydrocarbon Dew Point in a Gas The invention relates to a method and a sensor for determining the hydrocarbon dew point in a gas, in particular in a gaseous fuel. According to the invention a roughened condensation surface is provided on a planar measurement surface of a transparent body. Light is sh... | 08/04/2011 |
| 20110177241 | COATING FORMULATION AFFORDING ANTIREFLECTION EFFECTS ON TRANSPARENT SUBSTRATE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING TRANSPARENT SUBSTRATE WITH ANTIREFLECTION FUNCTION USING SAID COATING FORMULATION The present invention provides a method for preparing a glass substrate with antireflection functionality by applying a coating formulation that affords antireflection effects to a substrate comprising water, metalloid oxide nano particles that are dispersed in said wat... | 07/21/2011 |
| 20110170056 | Colored Contact Lenses With a More Natural Appearance A colored contact lens having a non-opaque pupil section, an iris section surrounding said pupil section, and a colored, opaque, intermittent pattern over the iris section which is indiscernible to the ordinary viewer. The pattern is made up of a first portion having a ... | 07/14/2011 |
| 20110164329 | FRESNEL LENS COATING PROCESS The present method for coating a Fresnel lens blank includes providing an uncoated Fresnel lens blank having a structure surface and a non-structured surface, providing a transparent mold part having molding surface substantially matching the base curvature of the Fresn... | 07/07/2011 |
| 20110134387 | SILICONE HYDROGEL LENS WITH A COVALENTLY ATTACHED COATING The invention provides a cost-effective method for making a silicone hydrogel contact lens having a hydrophilic coating thereon that is covalently attached to the lens and has a good hydrophilicity, intactness and durability. The invention also provides a silicone hydro... | 06/09/2011 |
| 20110129599 | Provess for Transferring Coatings Onto a Surface of a Lens Substrate with Most Precise Optical Quality The present invention relates to a process for transferring at least one coating onto at least one geometrically defined surface of a lens substrate to produced a lens substrate coated with at least one functional coating adhering to at least one geometrically defined s... | 06/02/2011 |
| 20110117347 | BARRIER COATINGS FOR POLYMERIC SUBSTRATES An exemplary embodiment provides coated polymeric substrates that have a polymeric substrate body with a coated surface. The surface coating includes more than one pair of coating layers. Each pair of coating layers includes a first applied coating layer and a second ap... | 05/19/2011 |
| 20110111120 | PREPARATION OF ANTIMICROBIAL CONTACT LENSES WITH REDUCED HAZE USING SWELLING AGENTS This invention relates to antimicrobial lenses containing metals and methods for their production.... | 05/12/2011 |
| 20110102736 | SILICONE HYDROGEL LENS WITH A GRAFTED HYDROPHILIC COATING The invention provides a cost-effective method for applying a hydrophilic coating onto a silicone hydrogel contact lens based on Fenton chemistry. The hydrophilic coating is covalently attached onto the contact lens at room temperature without UV irradiation. The invent... | 05/05/2011 |
| 20110095518 | SECURITY ELEMENT AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME A security element for securing valuable articles comprises an optically variable layer (18) that conveys different color impressions at different viewing angles, and a color-constant layer (17, 24). The optically variable layer (18) and the color-c... | 04/28/2011 |
