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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8159748 | Optical article and manufacturing method thereof An optical article includes: an optical base; and a layer that is provided on the optical base and contains SiO2 as a main component, the layer being a silicon-nitride-containing silicon oxide layer containing SisOtNu (s>0, T≧0, u>... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8081384 | Multilayer reflective film coated substrate, manufacturing method thereof, reflective mask blank, and reflective mask A multilayer reflective film coated substrate includes a multilayer under film comprised of Mo/Si alternately-layered films, an intermediate layer in the form of a Si film, and a multilayer reflective film comprised of Mo/Si alternately-layered films for reflecting ... | 12/20/2011 |
| 7990616 | IR-UV cut multilayer filter with dust repellent property An optical multilayer filter having an inorganic thin film composed of a plurality of layers on a substrate includes a fluorinated organic silicon compound film formed on a surface of the inorganic thin film, a low-density formation section forming a part of the ino... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7940459 | Formable fused polymer panels containing light refracting films A dichroic, light refracting resin panel comprises one or more dichroic/refracting films that have been embedded and/or laminated between a plurality of resin substrates, such as copolyester, polycarbonate, and/or acrylic substrates. The dichroic resin panel can be ... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7852562 | Optical element with laser damage suppression film An optical element having a laser damage suppression film which is capable of withstanding high power blue laser and formed on a plastic substrate. Specifically disclosed is an antireflection optical element wherein a multilayer film, which is composed of low refrac... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7848020 | Thin-film design for positive and/or negative C-plate Thin-film coatings, which for example have alternating layers of high and low refractive index materials, are shown to function as both positive and negative C-plates, in dependence upon the incident radiation. In particular, the shape of the retardance versus angle... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7564628 | Multiple band reflector with metal and dielectric layers Now, according to the present invention, multiple band optical reflectors are provided that utilize a stack of metal and dielectric layers to create a reflection curve in the visible spectrum that has multiple peak intensities. Reflectors of the present invention co... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7564627 | Structured optical element and production thereof An optical element structured in accordance with the invention comprises a substrate with at least two zones with different optical functions. The coating systems in the two zones can in each case be subdivided into a zone-specific internal partial coating system an... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7371439 | Antireflection film, polarizing plate and image display device The present invention can provide an antireflection film improved in the scratch resistance while having a sufficiently high antireflection property, and a polarizing plate and a display device using the antireflection film, the antireflection film antireflection fi... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7348041 | Antireflection film made of a CVD SiOfilm containing a fluoro and/or alkyl modifier A low refractive index SiO2 film is provided which uses a starting material for forming an SiO2 film and has a lower refractive index than the conventional SiO2 film. A starting material gas comprising a gas containing a fluorine ato... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7332044 | Fabrication of narrow-band thin-film optical filters A multi-layer thin-film narrow-band filter is fabricated by a process wherein each half of a symmetric stack is deposited under exact conditions, either successively or contemporaneously. The two halves of the filter structure are then combined and bonded together u... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7322530 | Forgery-proof marking for objects and method for identifying such a marking The invention relates to forgery-proof marking for objects, such as check cards, banknotes, labels, and the like, comprising a plastic transparent film (1) having a first and second surface, whereby a series of layers is applied to the second surface. When vi... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7320823 | Light diffusing body and a transmission type screen A light diffusing body and transmission type screen, which can reduce the shift of the color tone of the light source light seen through the light diffusing body and prevent the phenomenon that the white light source seen through the light diffusing body looks color... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7318960 | Polarizing molded article and process for preparing the same A polarizing molded article, which includes a polarizing plate-containing laminated structure. The laminated structure includes a polarizing sheet layer that is held between two protective sheet layers. One of the two protective sheet layers is connected to a polyur... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7311938 | Ultra low residual reflection, low stress lens coating A method is provided for coating optical lenses and other optical articles with anti-reflection (AR) coatings. The lenses have low reflectivity, provide a substantially white light reflection and have a low stress AR coating and are ideally suited for optical lenses... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7301706 | Complex lens An embodiment of a complex lens (1) includes a central substrate (10), two opposite glass layers (12), and two opposite IR-cut layers (13). The substrate is made of transparent plastic, such as polycarbonate or polymethyl methacrylate. Th... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7297386 | Antireflection structure An antireflection structure (10) comprises a base (1), and a finely roughened antireflection part (2) formed in a surface of the base (1). The finely roughened antireflection part (2) includes a plurality of projections and depress... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7285323 | Optical multilayer film, polarizing plate and optical product An optical multilayer film comprising a hard coat layer and a low refractive index layer comprising aerogel, which layers are laminated, in this order, directly or with another intervening layer on one surface of a base film comprising a transparent resin, wherein t... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7283303 | Conductive anti-reflection coating A conductive anti-reflection coating has a surface quarterwave layer that is broken up into smaller portions by inserting one or more thin layers of conductive material in the dielectric material. The resulting stack of alternating layers of a dielectric material an... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7255914 | Variable refractive index polymer materials A new class of composite polymer films where the refractive index can be varied by simple compressive or extensive forces. The films are comprised of alternating layers of an elastomer and a glassy polymer or two different elastomers. When the layer spacing is much ... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7241472 | Method for producing antireflection film-coated plastic lens, and antireflection film-coated plastic lens The method produces a plastic lens with an antireflection film which have the advantages of good adhesion of the antireflection film to any type of hard coat film that underlies it and good abrasion resistance and provides a plastic lens with an antireflection film.... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7236303 | Thermoplastic optical feature with high apex sharpness A method of forming an element of an imaging device and the element are disclosed. The method includes providing a first layer and a second layer. The method also includes extruding the first layer with the second layer, where the second layer has a melt flow that i... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7212341 | Antireflection film, and image display device Provided is an antireflection film comprising a transparent support, at least one high refractive index layer having a refractive index higher by 0.05 or greater but not greater than 1.5 than that of the transparent support and a low refractive index layer having a ... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7209608 | Wavelength tunable optical filter Provided is a Fabry-Perot type wavelength tunable optical filter, comprising a first mirror; a second mirror located over the first mirror; a driving body located over the first mirror, and having both ends fixed to the first mirror through a spacer; a plurality of ... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7187443 | Method of determining bulk refractive indicies of liquids from thin films thereof Disclosed is a method for determination of bulk refractive indicies of flowable liquids utilizing thin films thereof on a roughened surface of a rigid or semi-rigid object. ... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7175878 | Cold antireflection layer deposition process The invention concerns a method for making an antiglare stack by vacuum evaporation on an organic substrate (1) at a temperature lower than 150° C., comprising steps which consist in depositing at least a layer of material having a refractive index different... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7173778 | Stain repellent optical hard coating A hard coating composition for use as a stain repellent single layer on an optical display. The coating composition adds a monomer of a mono or multi(methyl)acrylate bearing at least one monovalent hexafluoropolypropylene oxide derivative and a free radically reacti... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7169441 | Method for making a UV-reflecting interference layer system There is provided a UV-reflective interference layer system for transparent substrates with broadband anti-reflection properties in the visible wavelength range. The interference layer system includes at least four individual layers. Successive layers have different... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7163738 | Polyvinyl alcohol films prepared by coating methods A method of film fabrication is taught that uses a coating and drying apparatus to fabricate resin films suitable for optical applications. In particular, polyvinyl alcohol films are prepared by simultaneous application of multiple liquid layers to a moving carrier ... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7151532 | Multifunctional multilayer optical film Optical component for use in a touch sensor and method of fabrication of same are disclosed. Optical component includes a multilayer optical film at least some layers of which are fabricated on the same manufacturing line and using the same manufacturing method. Eac... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7150917 | Optical member An optical member and process for making it including an optical substrate, a multilayered antireflection film provided on the optical substrate, and a water-repellent layer provided on an outermost layer of the multilayered antireflection film, wherein the outermos... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7149032 | Anti-glare film The present invention provides a Fresnel lens sheet capable of successfully avoiding the “collapse”, “abrasion” and “moiré” problems. A Fresnel lens sheet constitutes, together with a lenticular lens sheet, a rear projection screen, which is mounted in ... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7149031 | Polarizing filter and producing method thereof In order to produce a polarizing filter, first and second protective films are adhered to respective surfaces of a polarized film. When M1, M2 are determined as respective coefficients of expansion by water absorption of the first and second protective... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7138156 | Filter design algorithm for multi-variate optical computing Within a method of making an optical interference filter, sample spectra and measurements of a predetermined characteristic associated with respective spectra are provided. Upon selection of an initial number of filter layers and a thickness for each layer, a transm... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7138182 | Temperable high shading performance coatings The invention provides temperable high shading performance low-emissivity coatings. The invention also provides insulating glass units, monolithic panes, and other substrates bearing such coatings. Further, the invention provides methods of producing coated substrat... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7128428 | Anti-glare film An anti-glare film is obtained by forming a resin layer having a low refraction index on an anti-glare layer is obtained by coating a transparent plastic film with a liquid composition containing a polymer, a curable resin precursor, and a solvent, evaporating the s... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7125504 | Optical switch microfilms A method of making a light diffusing microfilm, includes providing a carrier substrate; coating a coating fluid onto the carrier substrate; drying the coating fluid on the carrier substrate to form a releasable light diffusing microfilm on the carrier substrate; and... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7122252 | High shading performance coatings The invention provides high shading performance, low-emissivity coatings. The invention provides a monolithic pane bearing a high shading performance, low-emissivity coating. The invention also provides an insulating glass unit bearing a high shading performance, lo... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7095464 | Liquid crystal display of transmission type A liquid crystal display of transmission type comprises a light source, a polarizing film, a liquid crystal cell and another polarizing film in this order. An optical compensatory sheet is further provided between the liquid crystal cell and the polarizing film on a... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7087074 | Light therapy apparatus This invention discloses a light therapy apparatus which has a curing effect by means of light irradiation and which less stimulates an irradiated portion. The light therapy apparatus according to this invention has a light source (2) and a spectrofilter (... | 08/08/2006 |
