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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7297451 | Black matrix, method for the preparation thereof, flat display device and electromagnetic interference filter employing the same A novel black matrix, a method for preparing the same, and a flat display device and an electromagnetic interference filter to which the black matrix is applied. The black matrix is prepared by exposing a photoactive compound to form a latent pattern of nuclei for c... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7294360 | Conformal coatings for micro-optical elements, and method for making the same A micro-optical element is produced through vapor deposition techniques, such as atomic layer deposition. An optical structure having a surface with uneven structures is exposed to one or more precursor vapors to create a self-limiting film growth on the surface of ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7294404 | Graded photocatalytic coatings The invention provides graded photocatalytic coatings. In one aspect, the invention provides a substrate carrying a photocatalytic coating that includes a first graded film region and a second graded film region. The first graded film region has a substantially cont... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7291426 | Manufacturing method of color filter A manufacturing method of a color filter is capable of achieving improvement in efficiency of use of materials and simplification in process, and forming highly accurate colored patterns. The manufacturing method includes the steps of: continuously dischargin... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7285328 | Particulate titanium dioxide coated product and method of forming titanium dioxide coated particles A composition of matter comprises particles each having a substrate being an oxide or other suitable compound of a metal other than titanium or of certain non-metal elements, and a coating on said substrate being a layer of titanium dioxide. A method of forming part... | 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 |
| 7278906 | Adhesive tape and edging method using same An adhesive tape which is to be arranged between a lens and at least one of a plurality of chucks in an edge-machining apparatus comprises an adhesive face for being in contact with the lens. A measurement of an adhesive strength of the adhesive face is 4 gf (0.0392... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7270846 | Color filter manufacturing method and apparatus, ink-jet device, color filter, display device, and apparatus having display device A method of manufacturing a color filter having a plurality of colored pixels on a substrate by discharging an ink from an ink-jet head having a plurality of ink discharging nozzles while performing relative movement of the ink-jet head and the substrate, includes t... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7261843 | Photochromic optical article Describes a photochromic article, e.g., an ophthalmic photochromic plastic article, such as a lens, in which the article includes (1) a rigid substrate, e.g., a transparent substrate such as a glass or organic polymeric substrate, as for example, a thermoset or ther... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7262243 | Coating composition, antireflection film, photoresist and pattern formation method using it To provide a coating composition useful to form an antireflection film having a refractive index lower than 1.4, excellent in water solubility and long-term stability in the form of a water solution. A coating composition containing a fluoropolymer having ionic func... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7258894 | Apparatus and method for dispensing liquid crystal material A liquid crystal material dispensing apparatus includes a spacer height measuring unit for measuring a height of a spacer on a substrate, and a liquid crystal material dispensing system for determining an amount of the liquid crystal material to be dispensed on the ... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7258955 | Color filter substrate, color filter substrate manufacturing method, and color filter substrate manufacturing device A high-quality color filter substrate is manufactured simply and at low cost by using a color filter substrate manufacturing method of applying a coloring liquid to a substrate surface of a translucent substrate so as to form at least colored layer, including: conta... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7255980 | Black matrix, method for preparing the same, and flat panel display and electromagnetic interference filter using the same A black matrix, a method for preparing the black matrix, a flat panel display and an electromagnetic interference filter using the black matrix. The black matrix may comprise a substrate, a titanium oxide layer, a Ni plating layer, and a Ni/Pd alloy layer. The metho... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7255737 | Organic formulations of pigment The present invention is directed to pigment formulations comprising at least one metal complex of an azo compound which in the form of its tautomeric structures generally conforms to the formula (I) The inventio... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7252854 | Method and apparatus for applying a gel A rotatable vacuum chamber receives an optical connector having an output face on which an optical gel is applied substantially without entrapped air. Opposite the output face is placed a gel dispenser with its opened nozzle pointing towards the output face. Uncured... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7250197 | Plasma treatment of contact lens and IOL Intraocular lenses or contact lenses 20 are placed on a lower spindle 34 and held there by a vacuum in conduit 34. Noble and reactive gases 56, 58 are introduced and a voltage is applied across upper spindle 32 and lower spindle | 07/31/2007 |
| 7251076 | Optical component and method for producing thick polyimide film An optical component according to the present invention comprises a substrate, and at least one optical element obtained by processing at least one thick optical film provided on the substrate. The optical component has a plurality of surfaces substantially not para... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7247350 | Solvent-poor sol-gel-systems The invention relates to a method for the production of low solvent sol-gel systems, comprising the following steps: (a) hydrolysis or condensation of a silane and/or an alkoxide and/or several alkoxides of Al, Ce, Ga, Ge, Sn, Ti, Zr, Hf, V, Nb and Ta, (b) addition ... | 07/24/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7232587 | Method for the passivation of an intraocular lens The invention includes a method for the passivation of the surface of an intraocular lens, wherein the surface includes Brönsted sites. The intraocular lens is dipped into a solution of a fluoroalkyl silane having the general formula: Rf—(CH2 | 06/19/2007 |
| 7226637 | Manufacturing method for multilayer fluorescent information carriers An information layer for an optical information storage medium is formed in a centrifuge. A photopolymerizable composition is applied to a solid base having a relief pattern, and a flexible, transparent film layer is applied on top of the composition. The three are ... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7220460 | Thin film forming method, optical film, polarizing film and image display method A method of forming a layer or layers are disclosed which comprises the steps of transporting a substrate having a first surface and a second surface on the side opposite the first surface to a gap formed between a first electrode and a second electrode opposing eac... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7216975 | Method for preparing the reactive tinting compound and the tinted contact lens A method for preparing the tinted contact lens with the covalently bonded novel reactive tinting compound is disclosed. The reactive tinting compound with mono vinyl functionality is prepared by reacting the reactive dye with a hydrophilic monomer containing both pe... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7217440 | Process for replacing an initial outermost coating layer of a coated optical lens with a different coating layer or by depositing thereon a different coating layer The invention concerns a process for replacing an initial outermost coating layer of a coated optical lens with a layer of a new final coating having surface properties different from those of said initial outermost coating which comprises: (a) providing a co... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7214406 | Low-temperature plasma deposited hydrogenated amorphous germanium carbon abrasion-resistant coatings A method of forming a hydrogenated amorphous germanium carbon (α-GeCx:H) film on a surface of an infrared (IR) transmissive material such as a chalcogenide is provided. The method includes positioning an IR transmissive material in a reactor chamber of a... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7214405 | Method of making a liquid crystal alignment layer A method of making a liquid crystal alignment layer comprising the steps of: (i) providing a layer on a substrate, the layer comprising a polythiophene according to formula (I): wherein R1 and R2 ... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7208194 | Method and machine for producing optical compensation sheet A film sheet which has a polymer layer formed of a coating solution is drawn from a balk roll and transported toward a rubbing apparatus. Thereby, first and second blowers sequentially disposed respectively apply to the polymer layer an air of temperature 45±2° C.... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7205098 | Method for manufacturing high-transmittance optical filter for image display devices A method for manufacturing a high-transmittance optical filter for image display devices, which may include the steps of coating a photocatalytic compound on a transparent substrate to form a photocatalytic film, selectively exposing the photocatalytic film to light... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7205228 | Selective metal encapsulation schemes A method and system of processing a semiconductor substrate includes, in one or more embodiments, depositing a protective layer on the substrate surface comprising a conductive element disposed in a dielectric material; processing the protective layer to expose the ... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7189456 | Photochromic optical article Describes a photochromic plastic article, e.g., an ophthalmic photochromic article, such as a lens, in which the article includes (1) a rigid substrate, e.g., polymeric substrate, such as a thermoset or thermoplastic substrate, (2) a photochromic polymeric coating a... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7182976 | Process for forming a thin film and apparatus therefor A process for forming a thin film is described that enables automatic formation of thin films having constant optical properties reliably and in large quantities with excellent reproducibility suitable for mass production. An apparatus for performing the process is ... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7183023 | Method for manufacturing color filter The main object of the present invention is to provide a method for manufacturing a color filter, capable of having the surface of the pixel part flatly even in the case a pixel part is formed by an ink discharging method, and the thickness of each pixel part evenly... | 02/27/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7175973 | Ink jet recording head and method for manufacturing the same A method for manufacturing an ink jet recording head comprising: (a) a process of forming a positive resist layer (I) made of a photodegradation positive resist (i) on a surface of a substrate having an energy generation element; (b) a process of removing a predeter... | 02/13/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7166321 | Process for the preparation of an optical compensatory sheet comprising cellulose ester film, orientation layer, and optically anisotropic layer formed of liquid crystal molecules having a fixed alignment An optical compensatory sheet comprises a cellulose ester film, an orientation layer and an optically anisotropic layer formed of liquid crystal molecules in this order. Alignment of the liquid crystal molecules is fixed. An alkaline solution is coated on a surface ... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7163598 | Optical waveguide and method for producing same An optical waveguide having a optical waveguide path capable of securing a high light propagation characteristic regardless of the type of a supporting base, provided with a multilayer circuit board, an optical waveguide path arranged on the multilayer circuit board... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7153618 | Color filter transfer film and method of fabricating color filter panel for use in liquid crystal display device A method of forming a color filter substrate of a liquid crystal display device includes forming a black matrix on a substrate; attaching a color filter transfer film to the substrate, wherein the color filter transfer film includes red, green, and blue color filter... | 12/26/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7147889 | Organic photochromic compositions of improved kinetic performance Described are imbibition compositions that incorporate kinetic enhancing additive(s) into photochromic polymeric host material. Kinetic enhancing additives include organic polyol(s), epoxy-containing compound(s) or a mixture thereof that improves the performance of ... | 12/12/2006 |
