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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8310758 | Printable static interferometric images A static interferometric image device including a plurality of solidified liquid layers is formed over a substrate by an inkjet process such that the layers are lateral to one another. In some embodiments, the substrate includes pre-defined cavities, and the liquid ... | 11/13/2012 |
| 8284490 | Low-aberration optical window An optical window may be configured to minimize optical aberrations. The optical window may include a laminous optical window assembly. The laminous optical window assembly may have four or more alternating layers of positive refraction material layers and negative ... | 10/09/2012 |
| 8023191 | Printable static interferometric images Methods of fabricating a static interferometric image device and static interferometric image device formed by the same are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method includes providing a substrate. A plurality of liquid layers are formed over the substrate by an inkjet... | 09/20/2011 |
| 7982953 | Antireflection film, and polarizing plate and image display device using the same An antireflection film comprising: a transparent plastic film substrate; a hard coat layer; and a low refractive layer, in this order, wherein the low refractive layer is formed by a curable composition comprising: (a) an inorganic fine particle; (b) at least one of... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7760432 | Photochromic resistant materials for optical devices in plasma environments An optical device, such as an interference mirror of the type which can be incorporated into ring laser gyros. One embodiment is an interference mirror having at least one layer formed from a matrix of material consisting of ZrO2 and about 2-15 weight per... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7710652 | Grid image with one or several grid fields The present invention relates to a grating image having one or more grating fields, each of which includes an electromagnetic radiation-influencing grating pattern comprising a plurality of grating lines, the grating lines being characterized by the parameters orien... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7697205 | Anti-reflection fine structure, anti-reflection mold body, method of producing the anti-reflection mold body, and automobile part An anti-reflection structure; includes: a plurality of convex parts arranged at pitches each of which is shorter than a wave length of a visible light ray, each of the convex parts being formed into one of a substantially truncated cone and a substantially truncated... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7518796 | Optical device having nonmonotonic transfer function and applications using same An entirely passive all-optical device, referred to as an optical hard limiter, includes alternating layers of materials having oppositely signed Kerr coefficients and substantially different linear indices of refraction, wherein the higher linear index material has... | 04/14/2009 |
| 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 |
| 7394543 | Spectral selection and image conveyance using micro filters and optical fibers The present invention features a fiber optic imaging system for generating a customized spectral response comprising (a) an optional optical source for generating optical energy, (b) an optical system for focusing multi spectral optical energy to form a focal surfac... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7394986 | Flat top optical filtering component The invention relates to wavelength-selective optical filters for allowing light of a narrow optical spectral band, centered around a wavelength (λc) to pass through them, while reflecting the wavelengths lying outside this band. According to the inventi... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7369294 | Ornamental display device An ornamental display device having an interferometric modulator for displaying an ornamental image. The ornamental device may have a patterned diffuser formed on a transparent substrate to provide an ornamental image. The ornamental device may also be a piece of je... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7370185 | Self-packaged optical interference display device having anti-stiction bumps, integral micro-lens, and reflection-absorbing layers An electronic device of an embodiment of the invention is disclosed that at least partially displays a pixel of a display image. The device includes a first reflector and a second reflector defining an optical cavity therebetween that is selective of a visible wavel... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7358316 | Process for preparing organic silicate polymer The present invention relates to a low dielectric material essential for a next generation electric device such as a semiconductor device, with a high density and high performance. In detail, the present invention provides: a process for preparing an organic silicat... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7359021 | Display panel and method for fabricating the same The display panel of this invention includes a pair of glass substrates each with a thickness not less than 0.15 mm and not more than 0.3 mm and a sealing material for bonding the pair of glass substrates to each other. A resin layer is formed on the outer face of a... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7351448 | Anti-reflective coating on patterned metals or metallic surfaces An apparatus and process for coating surfaces of metal or metallic components including providing at least one metal having a patterned outer surface exhibiting an optical reflection greater than about 40%, providing at least one anti-reflective coating material, th... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7341355 | Anti-glare optical film and process for preparing the same An anti-glare optical film which reduces in whitening of a screen without sacrificing anti-glare property, and a process for preparing the same. There is provided an anti-glare optical film has an irregular surface, wherein a ratio of areas of the surface having an ... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7342716 | Multiple cavity low-emissivity coatings Multiple cavity low-emissivity coatings. The coating includes three infrared-reflection film regions, which may each include silver. ... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7339728 | Low-emissivity coatings having high visible transmission and low solar heat gain coefficient Low-emissivity coatings that are highly reflective to infrared radiation. The coating includes three infrared-reflection film regions, which may each include silver. ... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7323217 | Method for making an optical interference type reflective panel An optical-interference type reflective panel and a method for making the same are disclosed, wherein the display panel has a substrate on which multiple supporting layers are firstly formed. Then, a plurality of first conductive optical film stacks, spacing layers ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7319559 | Spectral optical element The present invention targets a spectral optical element that outputs a light inputted at a predetermined incident angle to a predetermined direction depending on its wavelength. A spectral optical element according to the present invention includes a transmission d... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7315667 | Propagating light to be sensed Light to be sensed is spreaded across an entry surface of a transmission structure with a laterally varying energy transmission function. For example, the light could be output from a stimulus-wavelength converter, provided through an optical fiber, or it could come... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7310059 | Transparent pane with radar-reflecting properties The panes (1) of a naval vessel or military vehicle are often coated with a radar-reflecting layer (20) for reduction of the radar signature of the vessel/vehicle. At the same time this layer increases an enemy's possibility of recognizing the vessel i... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7309527 | Hydrophilic surfaces carrying temporary protective covers A substrate carrying a temporary protective cover and related methods of producing and processing substrates are described. In one embodiment, a substrate bears a hydrophilic coating carrying a temporary protective cover that protects the hydrophilic coating against... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7306941 | Biochemical measuring chip and measuring apparatus A simple and convenient sensor and measuring apparatus utilizing the optical interference effect of an optical thin film capable of measuring the binding between biochemical substances at a high throughput and having alkali resistance. An optical thin film of silico... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7304250 | Electromagnetic shielding sheet An electromagnetic shielding sheet 1 includes: a transparent base 11, and at least an adhesive layer 13, an antirust layer 25A and a mesh metal layer 21 formed on one of the surfaces of the base. A blackened layer 23A is san... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7302189 | Optical component provided with demultiplexing function and wavelength dispersion compensator It is an object of the present invention to provide an optical component provided with a demultiplexing function capable of reducing an insertion loss and downsizing, and a wavelength dispersion compensator using such an optical component. In order to achieve the ob... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7297386 | Antireflection structure An antireflection structure (10) comprises a base (1), and a finely roughened antireflection part (2) formed in a surface of the base (1). The finely roughened antireflection part (2) includes a plurality of projections and depress... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7298550 | Dichroic mirror, fluorescence filter set, and fluoroscopy apparatus The invention provides a dichroic mirror having a transmission characteristic in which a step due to splitting of P-polarized and S-polarized light can be reduced and having a fluorescence-transmitting band extending to long wavelengths. The invention also provides ... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7294657 | Curable acrylate compositions, methods of making the compositions and articles made therefrom A composition comprising a phenylthioethylacrylate, a multifunctional (meth)acrylate, a curing agent, wherein the phenylthioethylacrylate comprises less than about 400 parts per million tin and less than about 2 percent by weight of the corresponding phenylthioethan... | 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 |
| 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 |
| 7285787 | Epi-illumination microscope and fluorescence filter set A microscope has a light source that emits light to illuminate a sample, a first wavelength selection member that selectively transmits the light from the light source, a light splitter that reflects the light from the first wavelength selection member to epi-illumi... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7285323 | Optical multilayer film, polarizing plate and optical product An optical multilayer film comprising a hard coat layer and a low refractive index layer comprising aerogel, which layers are laminated, in this order, directly or with another intervening layer on one surface of a base film comprising a transparent resin, wherein t... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7282666 | Method and apparatus to increase throughput of processing using pulsed radiation sources A material processing system and method is disclosed for processing materials such as amorphous silicon in an annealing processes and lithography processes on a silicon wafer, as well as ablation processes. A first laser generates periodic pulses of radiation along ... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7279060 | Guarded cover film for LCD polarizers The invention generally relates to polymer films used as protective cover sheets for polarizer plates, a method for producing polarizing plates, and a Liquid Crystal Display employing the same. More particularly, the invention relates to cover sheet composites havin... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7271862 | Light diffusing sheet, optical element and image display The present invention, a light diffusing sheet comprising a transparent resin layer having a minute unevenness formed on a surface thereof on at least one side of a transparent substrate, and a haze value of the light diffusing sheet is 30% or more, a ratio (Ra/Sm) ... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7264865 | Optical diffusing layer, optical diffusing sheet, and optical element An optical diffusing layer includes a resin coated layer having a surface fine concavo-convex structure. An average of peak-to-peak distance (Sm), an average of center line surface roughness (Ra), and an average of ten-point surface roughness (Rz) on the surface wit... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7258908 | Anti-glare film, method of producing the same, and display equipped with the same The present invention provides an anti-glare film having rough surface of which R (0) and R (30 or more)/R (0) are 1% or less and 0.001 or less, respectively, wherein R (0) is if the regular reflectance along the regular reflection direction against incidence light ... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7256386 | Fabrication of low leakage-current backside illuminated photodiodes Ultra-low leakage current backside-illuminated semiconductor photodiode arrays are fabricated using a method of formation of a transparent, conducting bias electrode layer that avoids high-temperature processing of the substrate after the wafer has been gettered. As... | 08/14/2007 |
