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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7978402 | Robust window for infrared energy Articles transparent to infrared radiation and resistant to impact and wear are provided. The article comprises a substrate and a composite coating disposed over the substrate and extending from an interface with the substrate to an external surface. The composite c... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7813036 | Optical properties restoration apparatus, the restoration method, and an optical system used in the apparatus An optical system includes a fluoride compound and has surfaces facing and exposed to plasma installed in an optical equipment which has an inner zone where the plasma exists. A 2 nm-20 nm protective film of a highly plasma-resistant material is formed on the surfac... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7746550 | Terahertz or infrared filter using shape resonance A filter having a high transmittance. The filter includes a substrate having a first surface and a second surface, and a periodic or random array of through-holes formed so as to pass through the first surface and the second surface. The through-hole has a size of s... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7715095 | Reflective organic layers The present invention pertains to organic reflective layers comprising an organic radical cation compound, wherein the layer reflects in the infrared region. Preferably, the organic radical cation compound is a salt of an aminium radical cation. Provided are solar w... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7545561 | Image display and method for evaluating glass substrate to be used in same Provided are an image display device capable of displaying a good image by suppressing yellowing of a glass substrate, and an evaluating method of the glass substrate. The image display device is formed using the glass substrate where reflectance at wavelength of 22... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7440095 | Spectroscope with vignetting reduction In a spectrometer, preferably in a spectrometric microscope, input light is provided from a light source to a specimen via a source objective element (e.g., a Schwarzchild objective), and the aperture of the light source is matched to the aperture of the source obje... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7431984 | Hybrid lens using translucent ceramic A hybrid lens (3) has a structure in which a resin layer (2) composed of an ultraviolet curable resin is formed on the surface of a lens base material (1) composed of translucent ceramic. The lens base material (3) is composed of transluc... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7429546 | Silica glass containing TiOand process for its production A silica glass containing TiO2, which has a fictive temperature of at most 1,200° C., a F concentration of at least 100 ppm and a coefficient of thermal expansion of 0±200 ppb/° C. from 0 to 100° C. A process for producing a silica glass contai... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7420736 | Method for determining optimum grating parameters for producing a diffraction grating for a VUV spectrometer A method for determining a set of grating parameters for producing a diffraction grating for a vacuum-ultraviolet spectrometer, the parameters used being the small and large radius of the toroidal grating substrate, the two distances between the two holographic illu... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7405417 | Lithographic apparatus having a monitoring device for detecting contamination A lithographic apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus includes a projection system configured to project a first radiation beam onto a target portion of a substrate, and at least one monitoring device for detecting contamination in a interior space. The monitoring de... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7405871 | Efficient EUV collector designs A collector that includes a laser produced plasma (LPP) extreme ultra violet (EUV) light source and a first optical path from the source to a mirror. The mirror is the first mirror that light emitted from the source and traveling along the first optical path impinge... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7403329 | Electronic imaging apparatus The electronic imaging apparatus comprises a first optical element A having a flat surface and a surface with refracting power, chemical substance which enables to change light transmittance by chemical change according to electric quantity, a second optical element... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7400445 | Optical filters for accelerated weathering devices Optical filters comprising a small concentration of visible light absorbing components optionally in combination with small concentrations of ultraviolet and infared absorbing components suitable for use in an illuminator for an accelerated weathering device and met... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7391564 | Infrared focusing device An infrared light condensing apparatus that focuses an infrared light of several tens microns in wavelength at a microfine area of submicron or less and also a near-field from a microfine area of submicron or less, and permits a scanning image to be obtained. It inc... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7387393 | Methods for producing low-visibility retroreflective visual tags A process for producing a low-visibility retroreflective visual tag, which can be used to identify and/or determine the position of an object. This process involves placing an infra-red-blocking material over a retroreflective substrate to form the low-visibility re... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7374822 | Near-infrared ray-shielding paint, near-infrared ray-shielding laminate obtained therefrom and production method thereof A near-infrared ray shielding paint capable of forming a coating that exhibits high light transmission coefficient in visible light region while having high shielding capability in near-infrared region and exhibits little chromaticity change even in harsh environmen... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7372623 | Multi-layer spectral purity filter, lithographic apparatus including such a spectral purity filter, device manufacturing method, and device manufactured thereby A multi-layered spectral purity filter improves the spectral purity of extreme ultra-violet (EUV) radiation and also collects debris emitted from a radiation source. ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7368161 | Color stable pigmented polymeric films Color-stable, pigmented optical bodies comprising a single or multiple layer core having at least one layer of a thermoplastic polymer material. The thermoplastic polymer material has dispersed within it a particulate pigment. The optical bodies generally possess hi... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7369302 | Day/night weapon sight assembly for use on weapon without change in eye relief A day/night weapon sight assembly that consists of daytime sight and a nighttime sight allows the use of both sights without change in eye relief even when the nighttime sight is attached to the rear end of the daytime sight. This is achieved by supporting the dayti... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7365905 | Collimated optical system An optical system provides a lens cell having a generally cylindrical lens cell body and an optical lens system therein. The lens cell body has a lens cell central longitudinal axis and a lens cell optical axis, eccentrically offset from the lens cell central longit... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7362943 | Polymeric photonic crystals with co-continuous phases An optical element is formed by co-extruding to have an arrangement of polymer scattering fibers within a polymer matrix. The scattering fibers lie substantially parallel to a first axis. The scattering fibers are arranged at positions across the cross-section of th... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7360374 | Refrigerated display merchandiser with light filter A refrigerated display merchandiser in which is stored food products and which is ordinarily exposed to prevailing ambient light is provided with transparent sheets which function as filter media to prevent harmful light from reaching the foods stuffs. The filtering... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7359114 | Clip-on night vision device A night viewer (10) is adaptable to generate an enhanced image suitable for viewing through an optical scope (16). An input end (18) of the viewer (10) receives the image to be enhanced through an objective lens (20). An image enha... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7354733 | Method for sorting and separating living cells We disclose methods of sorting or separating mixtures of living cells (e.g., eukaryotic, prokaryotic, mammalian, pathogenic, bacterial, viral, etc.). We perform our methods by activating cell-selective photophoric labels, which photosensitize and chemically reduce a... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7348575 | Projection optical system, exposure apparatus, and exposure method A catadioptric projection optical system for forming a reduced image of a first surface (R) on a second surface (W) is a relatively compact projection optical system having excellent imaging performance as well corrected for various aberrations, such as chromatic ab... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7349151 | IR absorbing reflector An infrared (IR) light absorbing reflector is formed with a substrate that supports a first IR absorptive multilayer part having multiple layers of partial IR absorbing thin films. The first IR absorptive multi-layer part supports a second visible light reflecting m... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7345813 | UV adjustable optical attenuator An optical element includes a light absorbing medium formed of a transparent material and light absorbing elements encapsulated within the transparent material. The light absorbing elements have an ultraviolet (UV) light-dependent absorption characteristic and UV li... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7333270 | Dual band night vision device A night vision device provides both an amplified visible light image and an infrared image, overlayed upon each other so that they appear to be a single image. A user may select to utilize either an intensified visual image only, an infrared image only, or ratios of... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7329856 | Image sensor having integrated infrared-filtering optical device and related method An image sensing device is disclosed having a die formed with an array of photosensing sites and a structure of optical material having infrared absorbing characteristics formed over the photosensing sites. An embodiment is disclosed in which the structure of optica... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7330214 | Diaphragm apparatus of lens for CCTV camera A diaphragm apparatus of a lens for a CCTV camera includes a diaphragm blade which opens and closes a stop aperture of the diaphragm apparatus; and an ND filter which is attached to the diaphragm blade, the ND filter having a spectral transmittance so that the trans... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7319557 | Fused thermal and direct view aiming sight A fused thermal and a direct view aiming sight includes an optical gun sight, a thermal sight, and a beam combiner. The optical sight generates a direct view image of an aiming point or reticle superimposed on a target scene. The thermal sight generates a monochromi... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7316869 | Mounting a pellicle to a frame A pellicle membrane is mounted between an outer frame and an inner frame. At least one of the frames is attached to the reticle without using conventional adhesives. The pellicle and reticle may be used in a lithography system. The pellicle allows radiation to pass ... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7312434 | Method of filtering spectral energy A method is provided for suppressing a predetermined portion of an optical spectrum emanating from a light emitter. The optical spectrum illuminates an illumination area. The method includes the steps of fabricating a filter having a spectrophotometric transmittance... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7312463 | Projection optical system, exposure apparatus, and exposure method A catadioptric projection optical system for forming a reduced image of a first surface (R) on a second surface (W) is a relatively compact projection optical system having excellent imaging performance as well corrected for various aberrations, such as chromatic ab... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7309870 | Projection optical system, exposure apparatus, and exposure method A catadioptric projection optical system for forming a reduced image of a first surface (R) on a second surface (W) is a relatively compact projection optical system having excellent imaging performance as well corrected for various aberrations, such as chromatic ab... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7300168 | System for creating spectral displays A highly adaptable system for creating colorful spectral displays or for achieving a prismatic effect using visible light. The invention includes a fixed-angle or monolithic prismatic element fabricated from plate glass mirror material. A compound version of this mo... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7297393 | Optical film Birefringent optical films have a Brewster angle (the angle at which reflectance of p-polarized light goes to zero) which is very large or is nonexistent. This allows for the construction of multilayer mirrors and polarizers whose reflectivity for p-polarized light ... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7294595 | Silica glass A silica glass containing from 3 to 10 mass % of TiO2, which has a coefficient of thermal expansion from 0 to 100° C., i.e. CTE0 to 100, of 0±300 ppb/° C. and an internal transmittance per mm in thickness within a wavelength region of from 2... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7290552 | Portable awning A portable awning comprising a flexible shading element, an attachment strap for anchoring the shading element to an existing vertical support structure, and poles for maintaining the shading element at a vertically elevated position with respect to the surface of t... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7292251 | Virtual telemicroscope A method and system that uses a computer system as a telemicroscope. A plurality of images of a specimen are captured (Digital camera scanner video camera). The images correspond to the entire specimen and a plurality of segments of the specimen (Multiple linked ima... | 11/06/2007 |
