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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6027816 | Colored plastic lens and method of manufacture therefor A colored plastic lens includes a plastic substrate having first and second surfaces, a resin film with a pigment dispersed therein formed on one of the first and second surfaces of the plastic substrate, and a coating film, preferably a hard coat film, f... | 02/22/2000 |
| 6025015 | Simultaneous coatings of stearamide lubricant layer The present invention is a photographic element which includes a support, and at least one light-sensitive silver halide layer on a front side of the support. The photographic element has on the backside of the support an antistatic layer; a transparent m... | 02/15/2000 |
| 6025013 | PICVD process and device for the coating of curved substrates A PCVD process for producing coating layers of uniform thickness of domed substrates. The substrate surface to be coated is arranged in relation to the gas passage surface of a gas showerhead. In order to determine the appropriate processing parameters, i... | 02/15/2000 |
| 6013372 | Method for photocatalytically rendering a surface of a substrate superhydrophilic, a substrate with superhydrophilic photocatalytic surface, and method of making thereof The surface of a substrate is coated with an abrasion-resistant photocatalytic coating comprised of a semiconductor photocatalyst. Upon irradiation by a light having a wavelength of an energy higher than the bandgap energy of the photocatalyst, water is c... | 01/11/2000 |
| 6013335 | Liquid crystal display apparatus and method for processing the same A liquid crystal display apparatus of the invention includes a pair of substrates and a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the pair of substrates with alignment films formed at interfaces between the liquid crystal layer and the respective substrates... | 01/11/2000 |
| 6011082 | Process for the modification of elastomers with surface interpreting polymer networks and elastomers formed therefrom A process for forming a surface modification on a polymer substrate and polymer substrates having such surface modifications. The process comprises the steps of absorbing a swelling monomer into the polymer substrate for a period of time in order to swell... | 01/04/2000 |
| 6010747 | Process for making optical structures for diffusing light Optical diffusing structures can be fabricated from photopolymerizable material by directing light through a transparent or translucent substrate and then through the photopolymerizable material for a period of time sufficient to photopolymerize only a po... | 01/04/2000 |
| 5998088 | Heterogeneous image layer for laser ablative imaging A laser ablative recording element comprising a support having thereon a recording layer comprising a pigment dispersed in a polymeric binder, the polymeric binder having an infrared-absorbing material dissolved therein, and wherein the polymeric binder i... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5989628 | Plastic lenses and method of producing the same A plastic lens comprising the first acrylic hard coated layer formed on the outside surface of a plastic lens base and, on the inside surface, an antifogging coated layer while interposing of the second acrylic hard coated layer is obtained by coating bot... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5985420 | Plastic lenses and method of producing the same A plastic lens comprising the first acrylic hard coated layer formed on the outside surface of a plastic lens base and, in the inside surface, an antifogging coated layer with interposing of the second acrylic hard coated layer is obtained by coating the ... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5985359 | Substrate for a liquid crystal display and method for manufacturing same A LCD substrate having a supporting buffer film formed around it outer edges and method for making same.... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5980981 | Method of preparing a transparency having a hot melt ink pattern A method for preparing a transparency involves application of hot melt ink to a transparent substrate to form a three-dimensional pattern with subsequent heating of the hot melt image above its melting point to change the configuration of the upper surfac... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5972545 | Method of printing a color filter A method for making color filters for liquid crystal display panels. A raised pattern corresponding to the desired black matrix pattern is formed on a substrate, e.g., by an embossing means. A plurality of colored ink patterns is formed in the appropriate... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5972544 | Printing process A process for preparing an optical filter comprising a colored cross-linked polymeric coating an a transparent substrate, which comprises applying to the substrate, by a printing process, a mixture comprising one or more polymer precursor(s), and one or m... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5958143 | Cleaning process for EUV optical substrates A cleaning process for surfaces with very demanding cleanliness requirements, such as extreme-ultraviolet (EUV) optical substrates. Proper cleaning of optical substrates prior to applying reflective coatings thereon is very critical in the fabrication of ... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5959960 | Method of providing a range of conformalities for optical recording layers A method of coating an optical recording layer on a transparent grooved substrate is disclosed. The recording layer is coated from a mixture of a primary and a secondary solvent. The solvent mixture provides a wide range of conformalities for optical reco... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5948577 | Color filter substrate, liquid crystal display device using the same and method of manufacturing color filter substrate The present invention provides a color filter substrate including a color filter formed by patterning a colored resist, and a color filter formed by an ink jet method, and a liquid crystal display device having the color filter substrate. A method of manu... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5948576 | Process for producing a color filter Disclosed herein is a color filter equipped with a plurality of colored light-transmitting areas on its base, wherein the light-transmitting areas are colored with ink dots, and each of the colored portions is continuously formed over a plurality of the l... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5948481 | Process for making a optical transparency having a diffuse antireflection coating A coated transparency, and method for making it, is disclosed, the transparency having a multi-layer antireflection coating that provides high transmittance with low specular reflectance, yet that also provides reduced visibility of surface defects. The c... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5942319 | Light absorptive antireflector A light absorptive antireflector comprising a substrate, a light absorbing film formed on the substrate and a silica film formed on the light absorbing film, to reduce reflection of incident light from the silica film side, wherein the geometrical film th... | 08/24/1999 |
| 5939194 | Photocatalytically hydrophilifying and hydrophobifying material A method for highly hydrophilifying the surface of an article by photoexcitation of a semiconductor photocatalyst and maintaining the hydrophilicity is disclosed. A layer containing a photocatalyst is formed on a substrate. Onto the surface of the layer a... | 08/17/1999 |
| 5935673 | Protective coatings for optical disc information recording media, and methods and apparatus for applying same To protect the optical surface of optical disc information recording media such as a compact disc (CD) or a digital versatile disc (DVD), that surface is coated with a removable layer of a material that does not significantly alter the optical properties ... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5928718 | Protective coating for reflective sunglasses An improved lens structure for reflective sunglasses incorporating a conventional resin/polymer type coating for protection of the mirror finish against abrasion and smudging and providing a means for causing the resin/polymer coating to adhere reliably t... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5922401 | Production process of color filter for liquid crystal display device and ink Disclosed herein is a process for producing a color filter for liquid crystal display device by applying inks to a base by an ink-jet printing system to arrange colorants on the base, which comprises the steps of applying inks, which each comprise a homop... | 07/13/1999 |
| 5914193 | Photochromic plastic lens and its method of manufacture The invention provides a commercially feasible method of manufacturing a photochromic lens on a large scale. The method involves vacuum depositing a photochromic material onto a surface of a plastic lens to form a photchromic depositied lens, and heating ... | 06/22/1999 |
| 5902634 | Permeable solar control film The present invention provides an improved method for making a solar control sheet having one or more metal layers. In the prior art solar control sheets, each metal layer would normally be non-porous so that water vapor would not be readily transmitted t... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5894050 | Method of manufacturing an optical component The invention relates to a method of manufacturing an optical component. In this method, a substrate, for example of glass, is successively provided with an orientation layer and an optically anisotropic layer of a material containing monomers which are p... | 04/13/1999 |
| 5891556 | Transparent substrate with antireflection coating The invention relates to a glass substrate having on at least one of its faces an antireflection coating formed by a stack of thin dielectric material layers having alternately high and low refractive indices. To prevent the modification of the optical pr... | 04/06/1999 |
| 5874127 | Method and apparatus for gaseous treatment A fixture device and method for uniformly and efficiently treating an article in a gaseous atmosphere. The fixture device provides a plurality of point contact support locations for supporting the article during the treatment. The fixture device and treat... | 02/23/1999 |
| 5874132 | Multi-layer optical recording medium manufacturing method and apparatus thereof An optical recording medium manufacturing apparatus includes transfer means, a substrate transfer table transferred by the transfer means at a predetermined speed, a drum facing the substrate transfer table and rotating so that the speed of its outer circ... | 02/23/1999 |
| 5871807 | Multiple level printing in a single pass A process is provided for forming a conductive line between a conductor and a spacer formed on a substrate of a field emission display. In one embodiment, the process performs the steps of disposing a screen between the substrate and a distributing member... | 02/16/1999 |
| 5869187 | Defogging article and method of producing same A defogging article having a defogging coating formed on a substrate such as a glass plate, a mirror, a metal article, or a plastic article. The defogging coating includes titania, and at least one oxide selected from the group consisting of P2... | 02/09/1999 |
| 5858280 | Preparation of transparent methyl-modified silica gel Transparent methyl-modified silica gel is produced by reacting methyltrialkoxysilane or a mixture thereof with a tetraalkoxy-, trialkoxy- or dialkoxysilane other than the methyltrialkoxysilane with a defined quantity of water at a neutral or acidic pH in ... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5858624 | Method for assembling planarization and indium-tin-oxide layer on a liquid crystal display color filter with a transfer process Optical elements are prepared by the adhesive transfer of at least a low temperature curable (e.g., radiation or room temperature curable) adhesive layer and a conductive layer to a substrate, preferably a transparent, non-birefringent substrate such as c... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5853801 | Process for the preparation of continuous optical compensatory sheet A process for preparing a continuous optical compensatory sheet has the continuous steps of: coating a liquid of a resin for forming an orientation layer in a solvent on a surface of a moving continuous transparent film; drying the coated layer to form a ... | 12/29/1998 |
| 5851674 | Antisoiling coatings for antireflective surfaces and methods of preparation An antisoiling coating for an antireflective surface, particularly the outer surface of an antireflective film stack, wherein the antisoiling coating includes a fluorinated siloxane, preferably prepared by applying a coating composition of a fluorinated s... | 12/22/1998 |
| 5846684 | Device for converting invisible and visible radiation to visible light and/or UV radiation An amorphous upconversion phosphor comprising barium fluoride a combination of rare-earth fluorides including yttrium and lanthanum and dopants, and a waveguide thereof on a substrate selected to have a refractive index lower than a thin film of the phosp... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5840431 | Method for preferably region-by-region coating of a transparent carrier plate A method for coating a transparent carrier plate includes coating a backside of the carrier plate with a first chromatic layer, applying a non-opaque metallic blocking foil coating on top of the first chromatic layer, and applying a second chromatic layer... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5837362 | Mirror with scratch resistant surface A mirror including a glass substrate, a reflective layer of chromium on the substrate, and a reactively sputtered overcoat of titanium nitride.... | 11/17/1998 |
| 5837108 | Matchable, heat treatable, durable, ir-reflecting sputter-coated glasses and method of making same A sputter-coated layer system including a non-nitrided and non-oxidized nickel or nickel alloy layer located between two layers of Si3 N4 of the requisite thicknesses and used for architectural and automotive glass substrates so as t... | 11/17/1998 |
