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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8075809 | Method for production of a band with several parallel optical fibers In a method for the production of optical bands with several optical fibers, the surface of the optic fibers in said bands is treated such as to increase the optical damping in sections of the optic fibers. The generated damping may be reliably adjusted, whereby dur... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8052901 | Light guide plate mold and method for manufacturing light guide plate using same A light guide plate mold is configured for manufacturing a light guide plate having a number of microstructures. The light guide plate mold includes a substrate and a number of heating members. The substrate defines a number of grooves therein. The heating members a... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8012382 | Molded waveguides Chemically or biochemically active agents or other species are patterned on a substrate surface by providing a micromold having a contoured surface and forming, on a substrate surface, a chemically or biochemically active agent or fluid precursor of a structure. A c... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7776236 | Index contrast enhanced optical waveguides and fabrication methods A method of forming a waveguide including a core region, a cladding region, and an index contrast region situated therebetween includes depositing a polymerizable composite on a substrate to form a layer, patterning the layer to define an exposed area and an unexpos... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7749410 | Method of fabricating polymer optical circuit A method of fabricating a polymer optical circuit is provided. The method includes structuring a mold with a main mold and an auxiliary mold. The main mold has a first concavity corresponding to a first portion of the waveguide core, a second concavity corresponding... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7695652 | Optical waveguide and method for manufacturing the same An optical waveguide includes a layer A and a plurality of cores enclosed in a cladding. During production of the optical waveguide, a layered film including alternate layers of a core layer and a cladding layer is cut so as to form a groove that penetrates through ... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7604758 | Process for producing polymer optical waveguide A process for producing a polymer optical waveguide including: 1) preparing a rubber mold having a composite layer structure in which a rubber layer which has a concave portion corresponding to an optical waveguide core and contains a rubber mold-formin... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7569168 | Method of producing polymer optical waveguide A method of producing a polymer optical waveguide, the method including preparing a core-forming mold having a concave portion corresponding to at least one optical waveguide core, bringing a concave side of the core-forming mold into close contact with a flat subst... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7560055 | Method of manufacturing an optical module There is provided a method of manufacturing an optical module comprises a component fixing step in which an optical waveguide and at least one optical device are detachably held by a fixing member capable of holding an uncured light curable resin in a required posit... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7438838 | Polymeric optical waveguide-forming master plate, method for producing polymer optical waveguide, and aperture changeable polymeric optical waveguide The invention relates to a method for producing a polymeric optical waveguide-forming master plate, comprising: laying a thread which does not transmit rays used for subsequent exposure on a substrate for a master plate, applying a positive resist material onto the ... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7425286 | Method of making optical waveguide apparatus An optical waveguide apparatus includes an optical waveguide, such as an optical sheet of a two-dimensional slab waveguide, and an appropriately-shaped plated structure provided in the optical waveguide. Typically, the plated structure is constructed so as to serve ... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7413353 | Device and method for data transmission between structural units connected by an articulated joint A device for transmitting data between two structural units connected to one another by an articulated joint has a long service life which permits a high transmission rate in conjunction with particularly small dimensions. The first structural unit includes a first ... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7412139 | Light transmission A fiber optic cable comprising at least one light transmitter extending longitudinally along the cable and a body encompassing the light transmitter. The body includes an exposed surface having an array of fastener elements extending therefrom. The fastener elements... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7406235 | Graded-index multimode fiber and manufacturing method therefor A graded-index multimode fiber includes a core made of silica glass, the core having a central region and an outer peripheral region, and a cladding which is provided at an outer periphery of the core. The central region contains one of germanium and phosphorus, and... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7400809 | Optical waveguide devices and method of making the same An optical device structure includes a first cladding having a first refractive index, a second cladding having a second refractive index, a core disposed between the first and second claddings, wherein the core has a third refractive index, and wherein the first an... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7352943 | Optical position sensing component, optical position sensing device, and manufacturing method thereof An optical position sensing component includes an input light guiding portion and a received light guiding portion. The input light guiding portion is constituted by a polymer waveguide and inputs a light emitted from a near-infrared light-emitting source and output... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7341681 | Method of manufacturing optical fiber probe and for finishing micro material In a method for manufacturing an optical fiber probe in which an optical fiber is formed as an optical fiber probe by etching a tip section and sharpening a core region of the optical fiber, the optical fiber is a polarization maintaining optical fiber including the... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7338984 | Resin composition containing ultrafine inorganic particle By providing a composition in which refractive index can be controlled, and scratch resistivity and adhesion (especially adhesion to a resin having a thiourethane bond or epithiosulfide bond) are excellent when the composition is coated on a base material such as a ... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7329114 | Isothermal imprint embossing system Isothermal imprint embossing system. In one embodiment, the system includes a heater to pre-heat a disk substrate to an embossing temperature, a die assembly with an embossing foil to imprint the embossable film disposed on the disk substrate, and a heat tunnel disp... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7323123 | Method of fabricating light-guide plate A method of fabricating a light-guide plate includes preparing an upper mold frame having an inclined inner surface and a lower mold frame having a space therein, preparing a micro pattern plate having a surface including one of a plurality of grooves and a pluralit... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7323678 | Optical displacement transducer, displacement measurement system and method for displacement detection therefrom An optical displacement transducer includes a transducing element comprising at least a first optical fiber, having a first end face substantially aligned along an axis and positioned with a small gap between said first end face and a second end face of a reception ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7317855 | Method of imparting twist to optical fiber A method for producing low-PMD fiber, in which a glass fiber is drawn from an optical fiber perform by a tractor which pulls such optical fiber from said perform; subsequent to said tractor pulling the fiber is twisted about its axis to increase the magnitude of twi... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7317861 | Method of producing polymer optical waveguide A method of producing a polymer optical waveguide, including: preparing a mold; preparing a lower film base material; introducing a core-forming curable resin into a first through-hole of the mold with which the lower film base material is brought into close contact... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7315068 | Interface layer for the fabrication of electronic devices The present invention is directed to methods for making electronic devices with a thin anisotropic conducting layer interface layer formed between a substrate and an active device layer that is preferably patterned conductive layer. The interface layer preferably pr... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7298941 | Optical coupling to IC chip An optoelectronic circuit including: an IC chip made up of a substrate in which an optical waveguide and a mirror have been fabricated, the substrate having a first lens formed thereon, wherein the mirror is aligned with the optical waveguide and the first lens is a... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7293973 | Apparatus and method of fabricating light guide panel An apparatus and method for fabricating the light guide panel reduces the thickness of the stamper and fixes it firmly in place. The apparatus and method for fabricating the light guide panel according to the present invention has a stamper for forming patterns on t... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7294292 | Process for producing polymer optical waveguide and resin injecting device The present invention provides a process for producing a polymer optical waveguide, comprising the steps of: preparing a mold comprising a concave portion; bringing a substrate into contact with the mold, filling the concave portion with a core-forming curable resin... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7290920 | Light guide plate and manufacturing method of the same A method of manufacturing a light guide plate comprising the following the steps. First, a thin film with a transfer material layer thereon is provided. Thereafter, a molding machine having a molding cavity therein is provided. A thin film is disposed in the molding... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7285332 | Laminate roll A wound laminate obtained by laminating a plastic film composed of an aromatic polycarbonate comprising bisphenol A as an aromatic dihydroxy component, and a protective film composed of an aromatic polyester, using an intervening adhesive having a weak adhesive stre... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7283715 | Optical waveguide forming material and method An optical waveguide comprising a substrate, a lower clad layer on the substrate, a core layer and an upper clad layer, at least one of the lower clad layer, the core layer and the upper clad layer is formed of a cured product of a photo-curable organopolysiloxane c... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7283695 | Optical interconnects in microelectronics based on azimuthally asymmetric long-period fiber grating couplers Systems and methods, including azimuthally asymmetric fiber gratings are disclosed. ... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7277619 | Nano-imprinted photonic crystal waveguide This invention relates to a method for forming a nano-imprinted photonic crystal waveguide, comprising the steps of: preparing an optical film on a substrate; preparing a template having a plurality of protrusions of less than 500 nm in length such that the protrusi... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7270465 | Light guide with an insert molded attachment structure for an optically active element A light system, includes a light guide, an attachment structure, and an optically active element. The light guide has first and second major surfaces and an edge surface. The attachment structure is insert molded to the light guide at the edge surface of the light g... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7266267 | Microfluidic, optical, and electrical input output interconnects, methods of fabrication thereof, and methods of use thereof Input/output (I/O) interconnects, fluidic I/O interconnects, electrical, optical, and fluidic I/O interconnects, devices incorporating the I/O interconnects, systems incorporating the I/O interconnects, and methods of fabricating the I/O interconnects, devices, and ... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7248764 | Light guide plate, backlight unit, liquid crystal display and method of manufacturing the light guide plate A light guide plate that eliminates haze while obtaining a desired uniformity of luminance to enhance light efficiency. The light guide plate can be used with a backlight unit using the light guide plate and an LCD using the backlight unit. The light guide plate inc... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7247347 | Method of coating an optical fiber A method of coating an optical fiber includes a step of coating the fiber with a curable coating composition and a step of curing the composition, which contains an unsaturated compound having a double bond and an oxidation catalyst. The curing step includes an in-l... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7245806 | Method for manufacturing an optical fibre having variations in the refractive index A method of manufacturing an optical fibre, which method comprises the steps of: i) providing an optical preform, ii) heating one end of said optical preform, iii) drawing an optical fibre from the... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7230046 | Flame-retardant polyphenylene ether compositions, and related articles A flame-retardant composition is described, containing a thermoplastic resin component which includes polyphenylene ether (PPE), along with a low-melting glass having a glass transition temperature (Tg) of less than about 500° C. The low-melting glass contains phos... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7228038 | Plastic optical fibers and processes for producing them A novel optical plastic fiber comprising a core region and having a center line along a longitudinal axis of the fiber is disclosed. The refractive index of the core region increases along a direction going from a periphery portion to the center line in any plane pe... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7226220 | Clamshell packaging structure Packaging for optical components. A package for packaging multiple fiber optical components can include a bottom portion comprising at least two cavities. The cavities can include a first cavity that is sized and configured to receive a first fiber optic component, ... | 06/05/2007 |
