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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7923063 | Method of making glass including surface treatment with aluminum chloride using combustion deposition prior to deposition of antireflective coating This invention relates to a method of making glass. In certain example embodiments, a major surface(s) of the glass is treated with aluminum chloride (e.g., AlCl3). This treating, or application of an aluminum chloride based layer on the glass substrate, ... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7597930 | Substrate with a photocatalytic coating The present invention provides a process for a producing a coating float-glass substrate, comprising chemical vapor depositing at least one titanium precursor on at least part of at least one face of a float-glass substrate produced in a float-bath chamber, to produ... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7534466 | Methods and equipment for depositing coatings having sequenced structures Methods and equipment are provided for processing sheet-like substrates. The methods and equipment are useful for depositing coatings on both major surfaces of a sheet-like substrate. Also provided are substrates with coatings on both major surfaces. Preferably, the... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7438948 | Method for coating a substrate with an undercoating and a functional coating A method for forming a coated substrate is disclosed. The method comprises depositing an undercoating layer and depositing a functional coating comprising a material which can be present in more than one crystal structure over the undercoating layer, wherein there i... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7404982 | Color filter forming method A color filter forming method, includes: forming a bank on a substrate; making the substrate and part or all of the bank lyophilic; and coating a liquid repellent on part or all of an upper surface of the bank. ... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7393557 | Flexible electrically conductive film An electrically conductive film contains electrically connected first and second visible light-transmissive metal or metal alloy layers separated by a visible light-transmissive crosslinked polymeric layer. The film can be joined or laminated into glazing (especiall... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7390531 | Method for producing a tool which can be used to create surface structures in the sub-μm range The invention is a method for producing a tool which can be used to create optically active surface structures in the sub-μm range, having a support surface onto which relief surface structures are applied over the support surface by means of material deposition. T... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7361382 | Method for manufacturing coated sheet, optical functional layer, optical element, and image display device A method for manufacturing a coated sheet that forms a coated layer having a uniform film thickness by a coating liquid even when a substrate has a large area. A method for manufacturing a coated sheet to form a coated layer by a process including a process (1 | 04/22/2008 |
| 7361404 | Coated article with removable protective coating and related methods A coated article is disclosed. The coated article of the invention includes a substrate having a surface and a removable protective coating comprising up to 100 weight percent of a carbon-containing material deposited over at least a portion of the substrate, where ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7323249 | Methods of obtaining photoactive coatings and/or anatase crystalline phase of titanium oxides and articles made thereby A method of making a photoactive coating includes depositing a first coating material containing zirconium oxide over at least a portion of a substrate and depositing a second coating material containing titanium oxide over at least a portion of the first coating ma... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7323581 | Source reagent compositions and method for forming metal films on a substrate by chemical vapor deposition A metalorganic complex composition comprising a metalorganic complex selected from the group consisting of: metalorganic complexes comprising one or more metal central atoms coordinated to one or more monodentate or multidentate organic ligands, and complexed with o... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7320812 | Method for manufacturing coated sheet, optical functional layer, optical element, and image display device A method for manufacturing a coated sheet that may form a coated layer having a uniform film thickness by a coating liquid even when a substrate has a large area is provided. A method for manufacturing a coated sheet to form a coated layer by a process includ... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7318959 | Optical element having antireflection film The present invention provides an optical member having a plastic substrate and a multilayered antireflection film formed by vapor deposition, wherein at least one layer in the antireflection film is a hybrid layer formed of at least one inorganic substance selected... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7311939 | Vacuum coating unit and a method for the differentiated coating of spectacle lenses Substrates, such as spectacle lenses for example, may be provided with a coating which is not uniform by way of screens. The screens are aperture rings, arranged concentric to a symmetry axis of the vaporising crucible in a vacuum coating unit, by way of a screen ho... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7311938 | Ultra low residual reflection, low stress lens coating A method is provided for coating optical lenses and other optical articles with anti-reflection (AR) coatings. The lenses have low reflectivity, provide a substantially white light reflection and have a low stress AR coating and are ideally suited for optical lenses... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7307772 | Hybrid process for depositing electrochromic coating A method of producing an electrochromic device, includes the steps of: providing a first electron conducting layer on a substrate, providing a working electrode in communication with the first electron conducting layer, providing an ion conducting layer in communica... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7299657 | Method of making high strain point glass A method of forming a glass sheet includes obtaining a preform generated from a glass composition and conveying the preform through a channel having a temperature that decreases along a length of the channel to form a glass sheet having a predetermined width and thi... | 11/27/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7291357 | Thin film deposition method and thin film deposition apparatus A thin film deposition method for producing an optical film with an optical characteristic on a deposition substrate in a vacuum chamber is provided. The method may include preparing in the vacuum chamber a deposition source which is a source of the film producing m... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7244465 | Method for manufacturing coated sheet, optical functional layer, optical element, and image display device A method for manufacturing a coated sheet that may form a coated layer having a uniform film thickness by a coating liquid even when a substrate has a large area. A method for manufacturing a coated sheet to form a coated layer by a process including a process (1) f... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7238262 | System and method of coating substrates and assembling devices having coated elements A system and method of coating curved substrates and assembling devices having coated elements. The system and method are of particular utility in the manufacture of lamps having a coating formed on the hermetically sealed light emitting chamber of the lamp. The sys... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7232615 | Coating stack comprising a layer of barrier coating A coating composition that contains at least one degradable coating layer and at least one layer of barrier coating is disclosed. The coating composition can be used to make a coated substrate having improved performance over conventional coated substrates after exp... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7217440 | Process for replacing an initial outermost coating layer of a coated optical lens with a different coating layer or by depositing thereon a different coating layer The invention concerns a process for replacing an initial outermost coating layer of a coated optical lens with a layer of a new final coating having surface properties different from those of said initial outermost coating which comprises: (a) providing a co... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7204885 | Deposition system to provide preheating of chemical vapor deposition precursors Chemical vapor deposition systems include elements to preheat reactant gases prior to reacting the gases to form layers of a material on a substrate, which provides devices and systems with deposited layers substantially free of residual compounds from the reaction ... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7201939 | Optical fiber with antireflection coating, and method for manufacturing the same An optical member (for example, optical fiber) is dipped in a coating solution having a film forming material dissolved therein to form an antireflection film on the end surface of the optical member. When the optical member is pulled up from the coating solution, t... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7192626 | Methods for producing silicon nitride films and silicon oxynitride films by thermal chemical vapor deposition Silicon nitride film is formed on substrate by feeding trisilylamine and ammonia into a CVD reaction chamber that contains a substrate. The ammonia gas/trisilylamine gas flow rate ratio is set to a value of at least about 10 and/or the thermal CVD reaction is run at... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7192648 | Thin film coating having transparent base layer The invention provides thin film coatings that have a transparent base layer. For example, the invention provides low-emissivity coatings with a transparent base layer. In certain embodiments, a silicon dioxide base layer is used. Methods of producing thin film coat... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7190524 | Process for fabrication of high reflectors by reversal of layer sequence and application thereof An optical reflector includes an optical reflective element that comprises alternating layers of high and low index layers. A new substrate is bonded on the optical reflective element. The sequence of layers in the reflective element is reversed in order such that t... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7182976 | Process for forming a thin film and apparatus therefor A process for forming a thin film is described that enables automatic formation of thin films having constant optical properties reliably and in large quantities with excellent reproducibility suitable for mass production. An apparatus for performing the process is ... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7182975 | Moisture barrier sealing of fiber optic coils A method of applying a moisture barrier seal to a fiber optic coil includes mounting a fiber optic coil in a vacuum deposition chamber, so as to expose a large exterior surface area of the fiber optic coil to an interior portion of the deposition chamber. The method... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7179508 | Conducting polymer films and method of manufacturing the same by surface polymerization using ion-assisted deposition Conducting polymers having improved optical properties, and a method of manufacturing the conducting polymers, are disclosed. The conducting polymers are prepared by a process wherein organic ions and neutral oligomers are deposited simultaneously on a substrate sur... | 02/20/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7160578 | Method for depositing aluminum oxide coatings on flat glass A chemical vapor deposition process for laying down an aluminum oxide coating on a glass substrate through the use of an organic ester having a β hydrogen on the alkyl group bonded to the carboxylate oxygen and an inorganic aluminum halide. The resulting article ha... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7156533 | Rearview mirror for motor vehicles A rearview mirror for motor vehicles having a layer substrate and a coating applied onto the back thereof, includes a reflective mirror coating and an intermediate layer, which may be made of a semiconductor material, arranged between the reflective mirror coating a... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7155838 | Apparatus for gauging a dimension of an object An apparatus for gauging the dimension of an object. The apparatus has a wall with a generally flat front surface, facing a first direction, and a peripheral edge. Space graduations are provided on the wall relative to which a dimension of an object placed in front ... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7153584 | Hybrid film, antireflection film comprising it, optical product, and method for restoring the defogging property of hybrid film Hybrid films, such as those having good abrasion-resistance and defogging properties, antireflection films including it, optical products, and methods for restoring the defogging property of the hybrid films are disclosed. The hybrid films having a defogging propert... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7138181 | Heat strengthened coated glass article A coated glass article which may be heat strengthened with reduced variability in sheet resistance is disclosed. A multi-layer coating is formed on a glass substrate including a barrier applied on the glass substrate, base layer of a substantially undoped metal oxid... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7138156 | Filter design algorithm for multi-variate optical computing Within a method of making an optical interference filter, sample spectra and measurements of a predetermined characteristic associated with respective spectra are provided. Upon selection of an initial number of filter layers and a thickness for each layer, a transm... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7139111 | Micromirrors for micro-electro-mechanical systems and methods of fabricating the same A micromirror for micro-electro-mechanical systems. The micromirror comprises a pad layer, a doped aluminum layer containing 0.002 wt % to 0.3 wt % of silicon overlying the pad layer and a protective layer overlying the doped aluminum layer. ... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7122223 | Method for vacuum deposit on a curved substrate The invention concerns a method which consists in a process known per se in producing, on the curved substrate (10) to be treated, a film of material derived from a specific material source (13). The invention is characterized in that it consists in in... | 10/17/2006 |
