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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8009357 | Image screen An image screen includes a transparent substrate, a metal film, and an optical reflective stack layer. The metal film is disposed on a first surface of the transparent substrate, having a thickness and a set of material characteristic constants being predetermined. ... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8004763 | PDP filter and manufacturing method thereof Disclosed herein is a PDP filter having a laminated structure of a transparent conductive film type electromagnetic wave-shielding layer and one or more other functional layers, in which at least two edge portions of the surface of the transparent conductive film ty... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7952804 | Optical filter element, optical filter, and method of manufacturing optical filter There is disclosed an optical filter element that includes a translucent substrate; a laminated film formed by laminating plural thin films including a metal film on the translucent substrate; and a parallel structure in which parallel concave-shaped defective parts... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7929210 | Optically variable element with partial transparent element An optically variable element, in particular an optically variable safeguard element for safeguarding banknotes, credit cards and the like, and a security product and a foil, in particular an embossing foil or a laminating foil, having such an optically variable ele... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7535641 | Optically variable element comprising a partial transparent element An optically variable element, in particular an optically variable safeguard element for safeguarding banknotes, credit cards and the like. A security product and a foil, in particular an embossing foil or a laminating foil, having such an optically variable element... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7508586 | Zinc-based film manipulation for an optical filter An optical filter is formed of a layer stack that includes metallic layers and dielectric layers, with at least one dielectric layer being defined by more than one zinc-based film. These zinc-based films have different percentages of zinc. The selections of the perc... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7417219 | Effect of the plasmonic dispersion relation on the transmission properties of subwavelength holes Using a realistic plasmonic model, an optically thick electrically conductive film with subwavelength hole or holes therein is shown to always support propagating modes near the surface plasmon frequency, where cross-sectional dimensions of the hole or holes are les... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7405873 | UV-bandpass filter and application to UV-detecting apparatus or light-emitting apparatus A UV-bandpass filter for transmitting therethrough light having a wavelength included in a UV-region. The bandpass filter is an optical filter including a thin silver film; wherein the thin silver film includes an entrance face and an exit face opposing the entrance... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7405872 | System and method for filtering electromagnetic transmissions A combination of filters for filtering selected wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation is provided on a transparent substrate such as a plastic film or glazing of a window. The combination of filters prevents or attenuates the passage of wavelengths through the su... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7362506 | Ultra-bright light engine for projection displays A projector incorporating a prism and a plurality of light valves for modulating light that passes though the prism, wherein the color splitting-converging prism includes a dichroic coating having multiple layers of high and low index of refraction and ¼ wavelength... | 04/22/2008 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7311975 | Coated article having low-E coating with ion beam treated IR reflecting layer and corresponding method A coated article is provided that may be used as a vehicle windshield, insulating glass (IG) window unit, or the like. An ion beam is used to treat an infrared (IR) reflecting layer(s) of such a coated article. Advantageously, this has been found to improve sheet re... | 12/25/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7301703 | Tunable filter and method of manufacturing the same, and sensing device A tunable filter including; a fixed substrate provided with a fixed reflecting film and capable of transmitting light having a shorter wavelength than infrared light; a movable substrate provided with a movable section equipped with a movable reflecting film and dis... | 11/27/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7295368 | System and methods for filtering electromagnetic visual, and minimizing acoustic transmissions A combination of filters for filtering selected wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation is provided on a transparent substrate such as a plastic film or glazing of a window. The combination of filters prevents or attenuates the passage of wavelengths through the su... | 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 |
| 7283303 | Conductive anti-reflection coating A conductive anti-reflection coating has a surface quarterwave layer that is broken up into smaller portions by inserting one or more thin layers of conductive material in the dielectric material. The resulting stack of alternating layers of a dielectric material an... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7274501 | Mirror reflective element assembly A mirror assembly for a vehicle includes a mirror element having at least one substrate that has a forward surface and a rearward surface. The mirror element comprises at least one substantially reflective metallic layer sandwiched between a respective pair of subst... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7271914 | Biomolecular sensor system utilizing a transverse propagation wave of surface plasmon resonance (SPR) A biomolecular sensor system utilizing a transverse propagation wave of surface plasmon resonance (SPR) is described. The system comprises: a substrate; a dielectric layer, having a groove therein and standing on top of the substrate; a sensing film layer, sitting a... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7258757 | Method of manufacturing an impact resistant and insulated glass unit composite with solar control and low-E coatings A solar control coating is applied to a first glass pane interior surface and a low-E coating is applied to a second glass pane exterior surface. A safety film is applied over the coating on the interior surface of the first glass pane. The second glass pane has a l... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7239464 | Absorption type multi-layer film ND filter An absorption type multi-layer film ND filter having a substrate and an optical multi-layer member consisting essentially of metal layers each composed chiefly of nickel (Ni) and dielectric layers each formed of any one of SiO2, Al2O3 | 07/03/2007 |
| 7236296 | Multilayer infrared reflecting film with high and smooth transmission in visible wavelength region and laminate articles made therefrom A multilayer film article is disclosed. The film includes an infrared light reflecting multilayer film having alternating layers of a first polymer type and a second polymer type and an infrared light absorbing or reflecting layer adjacent the multilayer film. The f... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7235300 | Titanium-containing interference pigments and foils with color shifting properties Interference pigment flakes and foils are provided which have color shifting properties. The pigment flakes can have a symmetrical coating structure on opposing sides of a reflector layer, can have an asymmetrical coating structure with all of the layers on one side... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7226528 | Methods of making coated articles by sputtering silver in oxygen inclusive atmosphere A sputter coated article is provided with improved mechanical durability (e.g., pre-HT scratch resistance) and/or thermal stability by sputtering at least one Ag inclusive layer in an atmosphere including at least O2 gas. For instance, in certain example ... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7224527 | Reflector and application thereof An object of the invention is to provide a reflector using a metal thin film layer, particularly a reflector having higher reflectance than in the prior art. Specifically, studies have been made to provide a reflector which exhibits a superior reflection-increasing ... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7224528 | Optically variable security devices A security article includes a light transmissive substrate having a first surface and an opposing second surface, with the first surface having an optical interference pattern such as a holographic image pattern or an optical diffraction pattern thereon. A color shi... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7215473 | Enhanced heat mirror films A heat mirror film containing visible light-transmissive and infrared reflective film comprising a birefringent dielectric multilayer support that reflects at least 50% of light in a band at least 100 nm wide in a wavelength region of interest, a metal or metal allo... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7212342 | Structure of a color filter An indium tin oxide layer is formed on a glass substrate, and then a silicon nitride layer, an amorphous silicon layer and an n-type silicon layer are sequentially formed on the indium tin oxide layer to serve as a color filter. Thicknesses and processing conditions... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7209608 | Wavelength tunable optical filter Provided is a Fabry-Perot type wavelength tunable optical filter, comprising a first mirror; a second mirror located over the first mirror; a driving body located over the first mirror, and having both ends fixed to the first mirror through a spacer; a plurality of ... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7203003 | Reflective Ag alloy film for reflectors and reflector provided with the same A reflective Ag alloy film includes a Ag—Bi alloy thin film, and a Bi layer and/or a Bi oxide layer formed on the surface and/or between the Ag—Bi alloy thin film and another layer formed on the Ag—Bi alloy thin film. The thickness of the Bi layer and/or the B... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7199927 | Optical element and optical add-drop module In an optical element, a first mirror stack layer is formed on a substrate, and a spacer layer made of a paraelectric material having a secondary electrooptic effect is formed thereon through a first conductive thin film. Further, a second mirror stack layer is form... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7193719 | Device and method for tuning an SPR device The invention related to devices and methods wherein the conditions, under which surface plasmon resonance is established, are modified by altering the balance between orientations of the spins of charge carriers in an SPR layer. The embodiments of this invention ma... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7193768 | Interference display cell An optical interference display unit with a first electrode, a second electrode and support structures located between the two electrodes is provided. The second electrode has at least a first material layer and a second material layer. At least one material layer o... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7184215 | Multi-channel optical filter An exemplary embodiment of the invention is an optical filter including a mirror including a plurality of first dielectric layers having a first index of refraction and a plurality of second dielectric layers having a second index of refraction. A plurality of the f... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7177075 | System and methods for filtering electromagnetic visual, and minimizing acoustic transmissions A combination of filters for filtering selected wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation is provided on a transparent substrate such as a plastic film or glazing of a window. The combination of filters prevents or attenuates the passage of wavelengths through the su... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7169441 | Method for making a UV-reflecting interference layer system There is provided a UV-reflective interference layer system for transparent substrates with broadband anti-reflection properties in the visible wavelength range. The interference layer system includes at least four individual layers. Successive layers have different... | 01/30/2007 |
