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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7033736 | Structured screens for controlled spreading of light Structured screens for the controlled spreading, diffusion, or scattering of an incident beam are provided. The screens are composed of microstructures (1,2) whose configurations and distribution on the surfaces of the screen are precisely determined. In cert... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7033737 | Manufacturing method of electroluminescent device A method of manufacturing an electroluminescent display (EL) device including forming a first electrode unit arranged in a first predetermined pattern on a substrate, simultaneously forming two or more insulating layers covering the substrate and at least portions o... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7029831 | Method for fabricating optical element A process for producing an optical element which has excellent heat resistance and adhesion to a substrate. This process comprises applying a liquid composition for forming an optical element to the molding surface of a substrate having a regular pattern surface con... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7031246 | Optical disc, optical disc reproducing method and apparatus, and recording method An optical disc playback method is provided which includes steps of reading identification data recorded in an optical disc loaded in an optical disc player and starting reading data from a second recording area of the optical disc loaded in the optical disc player ... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7031591 | Optical waveguide, forming material and making method An optical waveguide-forming material is comprised of a photocurable organopolysiloxane composition comprising an alkali-soluble organopolysiloxane and a photoacid generator, wherein the organopolysiloxane is obtained by (co)hydrolytic condensation of a triorganoxys... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7031607 | MPLS application to optical cross-connect using wavelength as a label A label switching routing protocol for establishing a datapath as a sequence of locally unique labels in an optical communications network, is provided. A wavelength on an optical cross-connect is considered as a label, or one portion of a label. Timeslots may be as... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7029830 | Precision and apertures for lithographic systems Aperture members are provided wherein there is thin 1–10 micrometer thick crystaline membrane that is surrounded by a frame of a bulk type crystalline material. The aperture being an opening through the membrane in a typical shape useful for device fabrication, su... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7029765 | Organic light emitting devices having reduced pixel shrinkage The present invention relates to organic light emitting devices (OLEDs), and more specifically to efficient OLEDs comprising an array of pixels and having reduced pixel shrinkage. The devices of the present invention comprise further relates to materials for use as ... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7027202 | Silicon substrate as a light modulator sacrificial layer An optical MEM device is fabricated with a patterned device layer formed on a silicon wafer. Preferably, the patterned device layer is patterned with plurality of ribbons and/or access trenches. The central portion of the ribbon is released from the silicon wafer us... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7025454 | Extended depth of field optics for human vision The present invention provides extended depth of field to human eyes by modifying contact lenses, intraocular implants, and/or the surface of the eye itself. This may be accomplished by applying selected phase variations to these optical elements (e.g., by varying s... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7026029 | Reactive materials for limited play optical devices and methods of making same Methods and apparatus are provided for making an optically readable storage media in which the reading beam passes through a bonding layer configured with a reactive material that transforms from an optically transparent state to an optically opaque state after expo... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7026634 | Method and apparatus for forming optical materials and devices The invention provides a process for forming optical components and new optical materials utilizing electron beam irradiation. The process comprises selectively irradiating optical materials to alter their index of refraction gradient three dimensionally. With the i... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7026100 | Active matrix substrate having column spacers integral with protective layer and process for fabrication thereof An active matrix substrate forms a liquid crystal display panel together with a counter substrate and liquid crystal filling a gap therebetween, and color filters are covered with an overcoat layer of photo-sensitive acrylic resin, wherein column spacers of the phot... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7022622 | Method and structure to improve properties of tunable antireflective coatings A method for improving the properties of tunable etch resistant anti-reflective coatings (TERA) is disclosed. The method includes annealing the deposited layer of TERA in an environment containing at least one of hydrogen and deuterium. The annealed layer has an inc... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7024093 | Methods of forming waveguides and waveguides formed therefrom Provided are methods of forming optical waveguides. The methods involve: (a) forming over a substrate a layer of a photodefinable composition; (b) exposing a portion of the layer to actinic radiation; (c) developing the exposed layer to form a waveguide core structu... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7022534 | Optimal bank height for inkjet printing The height of the photo-resist layer “banks” which define pockets for inkjet printing or other patterned processes is optimized to provide a more uniform drying profile for substances which are to be deposited in those pockets and dried therein. Preferably, the ... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7022465 | Method in connection with the production of a template and the template thus produced Method in connection with the production of a template, preferably for nanoimprint lithography, which template comprises a flat plate (1) of a first material and a three-dimensional structure (6, 8) of a second material, arranged on the plate, said second mat... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7019802 | Reflective plate of reflective or transflective LCD with improved reflectivity Disclosed is a reflective plate of an LCD including a reflective surface, and a plurality of reflective bumps arranged the reflective surface, wherein each of the plurality of bumps forms a part of a sphere, wherein the bumps have a radius and a height, and wherein ... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7017351 | Miniature thermoacoustic cooler A MEMS based thermoacoustic cryo-cooler for thermal management of cryogenic electronic devices. The cryogenic cooling system can be integrated directly into a cryogenic electronic device. A vertical comb-drive provides an acoustic source through a driving plate to a... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7018782 | Method for manufacturing a light guide plate mold A method for manufacturing a light guide plate mold includes the following steps: providing a substrate (20); coating a photo resist layer (21) on the substrate; exposing the photo resist layer to illuminating light (26) emitted by a light sourc... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7018039 | Contact lens A contact lens is provided. One embodiment of the present invention provides a method for fitting and prescribing a contact lens. Another embodiment of the present invention comprises a contact lens construction that provides a stable prescription platform. Yet anot... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7018783 | Fine structure and devices employing it In order to form three or more steps on a substrate with high precision, a first mask is formed to an area on the substrate corresponding with every other step, and also etching is performed on the area of the substrate to which the first mask is not formed, a secon... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7019882 | Generation of M-ary digital signaling constellations directly at lightwave frequencies A coherent optical link includes a laser master oscillator operative to generate an amplitude- and phase-stable narrow linewidth optical carrier, a first programmable read-only memory (PROM) having an input for receiving and encoding an M-ary data word, a first digi... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7014978 | Method and materials for patterning of an amorphous, non-polymeric, organic matrix with electrically active material disposed therein In one method of making an organic electroluminescent device, a transfer layer is solution coated on a donor substrate. The transfer layer includes an amorphous, non-polymeric, organic matrix with a light emitting material disposed in the matrix. The transfer layer ... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7016387 | Semiconductor laser element produced by aligning a photomask to pattern an electrode portion superposed on inner portions of upper surfaces of window regions at opposite end faces A semiconductor laser element that has window regions at its opposite end faces and an electrode portion superposed on an inner portion of the upper surface thereof to include covering an inner portion of the upper surfaces of the window regions without covering the... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7014988 | Multiphoton curing to provide encapsulated optical elements Methods of fabricating optical elements that are encapsulated in monolithic matrices. The present invention is based, at least in one aspect, upon the concept of using multiphoton, multi-step photocuring to fabricate encapsulated optical element(s) within a body of ... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7011932 | Polymer waveguide fabrication process The invention relates to a process a process for forming single-mode, organic waveguides employing organic polymeric materials. The process reduces dissolved and gaseous oxygen content to very low quantities, resulting in production of waveguides having superior pro... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7011914 | Method of producing circular polarization controlling optical element An active-radiation-curing liquid crystalline composition is applied to an alignment layer 2 formed on a base 1, and the liquid crystal alignment is regulated by the application of heat or the like, thereby forming a liquid crystal layer 3 havin... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7011931 | Electrode for plasma display panel and process for producing the same A process for forming an electrode pattern for a plasma display panel, the process including coating a photosensitive conductive paste on a film to form a pattern forming layer, laminating the film onto a substrate with the pattern forming layer facing the substrate... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7011933 | Method for manufacturing micro-optical mirror arrays A method for producing a spheroidal shaped micro-array assembly including providing a substrate having frontside patterned openings formed in the substrate; blanket depositing a photosensitive layer over the substrate including the frontside patterned openings; expo... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7013071 | Method and device for achieving optical alignment using laser pulses An optical element is aligned on a flexure by applying multiple laser pulses to the flexure. Additional laser pulses are applied until the optical element is aligned properly. ... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7008757 | Patterned structures of high refractive index materials A process for forming a polymer template includes exposing a photoresist having polymer molecules to a light pattern and baking the photoresist to chemically react polymer molecules in portions of the photoresist that were exposed to light of the light pattern. The ... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7009750 | Apparatus and methods for modulating refractive index An iono-refractive structure that includes one or more ion insertion layers having a real portion and an imaginary portion of the dielectric constant is provided. While both the real portion and the imaginary portion of the dielectric constant change, the change in ... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7009927 | Method of recording or reproducing data on or from high density multi-layer recording medium using variable light intensity A high-density optical recording medium and method of recording data on the optical recording medium. The optical recording medium includes a plurality of data recording/reproducing surfaces having reflectances for light passing through a pit area, a land/groove are... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7006299 | Method and apparatus for calibrating a tunable microlens A tunable microlens uses at least two layers of electrodes and a droplet of conducting liquid. Such a droplet, which forms the optics of the microlens, moves toward an electrode with a higher voltage relative to other electrodes in the microlens. When calibration of... | 02/28/2006 |
| 7006753 | Optical waveguide devices with deuterated amorphous carbon core structures An optical waveguide device comprising a core structure formed of deuterated amorphous carbon. The optical waveguide device decreases losses due to hydrogen absorption. A process for making the optical waveguide device is also disclosed. ... | 02/28/2006 |
| 7005247 | Controlled selectivity etch for use with optical component fabrication A method of fabricating an optical component includes forming a mask on an optical component precursor. The method also includes etching through at least a portion of the mask so as to etch an underlying medium concurrently with remaining mask and transfer a feature... | 02/28/2006 |
| 7005243 | Method for producing a light guide plate mold having V-shaped grooves A method for producing a light guide plate mold (2) with V-shaped grooves (27) includes the steps of: providing a mold substrate (20); applying a first photoresist (22) onto a main surface (21) of the substrate; forming a first pat... | 02/28/2006 |
| 7005246 | Manufacturing method of microstructure, manufacturing method and manufacturing device of electronic device Minute structures are obtained by exposing a process target material and changing the shape thereof by relatively shifting a laser beam or electron beam against the process target material and simultaneously repeating irradiation in an intermittent manner. A plurali... | 02/28/2006 |
| 7005235 | Method and systems to print contact hole patterns A method for forming an arbitrary pattern of sub-micron contact holes in a substrate using a combination of interferometric photolithography and optical photolithography with a non-critical mask. The substrate is covered with a photosensitive material and is exposed... | 02/28/2006 |
