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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8183170 | Contrast-enhancing UV-absorbing glass and articles containing same Disclosed are CuX-containing, Nd2O3-containing, UV-absorbing and contrast-enhancing glasses and article comprising the same. The glass has improved UV-absorption and color enhancing capabilities compared to glasses described in the prior art. T... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8114797 | Polarizing glass containing copper and optical isolator To Provide a polarizing glass with better weatherability than conventional polarizing glasses, affording high long-term reliability without the above-described surface deterioration. To provide an optical isolator employing polarizing glass of improved weatherabilit... | 02/14/2012 |
| 7960301 | Glass composition A glass composition which is reduced in the amount of residual bubbles and is produced using smaller amounts of an environmentally unfriendly component such as arsenic oxide and antimony oxide. This glass composition comprises, in terms of mass %: 40-70% SiO2 | 06/14/2011 |
| 7951733 | Blue-violet light blocking glass The present invention provides a blue-violet light blocking glass containing copper (I) halide fine particles that satisfactorily transmits light having a wavelength of 450 nm to 600 nm and sharply blocks light having a wavelength shorter than 450 nm. Specifically, ... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7781354 | Glass composition and method for production thereof, and glass substrate for information display device and information display device using the same The glass composition of the present invention includes the following components, expressed in mass %: 70% to 88% of SiO2; 6% to 18% of B2O3; 0.5% to 4.5% of Al2O3; 0% to 0.5% of Li2O; 0% to 0.5% of N... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7498284 | Glass material and method of preparing said glass A nitride glass with the general formula αxβyγz is provided wherein α is a glass modifier comprising at least one electropositive element. β comprises Si, B, Ge, a and/or Al. γ is N or N together with O, whereby the atomic rati... | 03/03/2009 |
| 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 |
| 7365038 | Glasses for flat panel displays Glasses are disclosed which are used to produce substrates in flat panel display devices. The glasses exhibit a density less than about 2.45 gm/cm3 and a liquidus viscosity greater than about 200,000 poises, the glass consisting essentially of the followi... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7358205 | Alkali-free glass substrate An alkali-free glass substrate containing, by mass percent, 50-70% of SiO2, 10-25% of Al2O3, 5-20% of B2O3, 0-10% of MgO, 0-15% of CaO, 0-10% of BaO, 0-10% of SrO and 0-5% of ZnO, also containing SnO2 | 04/15/2008 |
| 7332453 | Ceramics, and methods of making and using the same Ceramics (including glasses and glass-ceramics) comprising nitrogen, and methods of making the same. ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7262144 | Photostructurable body and process for treating a glass and/or a glass-ceramic The invention relates to a photostructurable body, in particular glass or glass-ceramic, in which the glass is a multicomponent glass and/or the glass-ceramic is a multicomponent glass-ceramic, in each case having a positive change in refractive index Δn as a resul... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7230760 | Polarizers and isolators and methods of manufacture A passively aligned optical isolator includes laminated layers of material including two polarizing glass layers sandwiching a Faraday rotator layer. Each polarizing glass layer comprises a glass matrix containing elongated metal particles exhibiting a change in pol... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7166549 | Antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, wound-healing and disinfecting glass and use thereof The invention relates to an antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory and disinfecting glass, whereby the glass comprises: 30–95 wt. % SiO2,0–40 wt. % Na 2O, 0–40 wt. % K2O, 0–40 wt. % Li2O, 0–35 wt. % CaO, 0–10 wt. % M... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7157392 | Alkali-free aluminoborosilicate glasses, and uses thereof An alkali-free aluminoborosilicate glass having a coefficient of thermal expansion α20/300 of between 2.8×10−6/K and 3.8×10−6/K, which has the following composition (in % by weight, based on oxide): silicon dioxide (SiO2 | 01/02/2007 |
| 7146081 | Waveguide including a plurality of waveguide segments A method for adaptively fabricating a waveguide comprises: measuring misplacement of a photonic device relative to a substrate; generating computer readable instructions for using a plurality of graphics primitives to form the waveguide; and photocomposing the waveg... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7144834 | Optical colored glass, its use, and an optical long-pass cutoff filter The invention concerns an optical colored glass with a composition (in percent by weight based on oxide) of SiO2 30–75; K2O 5–35; B2O3>4–17; ZnO 5–37; F 0.01–10; CdO 0.1–1, S+Se+Te 0.1–1.5 | 12/05/2006 |
| 7110179 | Polarizers and isolators and methods of manufacture Polarizing glass articles, optical isolators including polarizing glass articles, and methods of manufacturing polarizing glass articles and optical isolators are disclosed. The methods manufacture can be used to manufacture isolators exhibiting improved contrast ra... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7083770 | Amorphous, fine silica particles, and method for their production and their use The amorphous-silica particle having 0.1–0.7 μm of the average particle diameter, 5–30 m2/g of the specific surface area, less than 40% of the dispersion coefficient, and 20 μC/m2 of the absolute value of the triboelectrostatic charge, ca... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7084084 | Highly durable silica glass, process for producing same, member comprised thereof, and apparatus provided therewith Highly durable silica glass comprising silica having incorporated therein aluminum and at least one element (M) selected from group 2A elements, group 3A elements and group 4A elements of the periodic table. Preferably, the sum of aluminum and element (M) is at leas... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7030047 | Clear glass composition Glass is provided so as to have high visible transmission and/or fairly clear or neutral color. In certain example embodiments of making glass according to examples of the invention, the glass batch may include a base glass (e.g., soda lime silica base glass) and, i... | 04/18/2006 |
| 6992030 | Low-density glass for flat panel display substrates Disclosed is a glass material essentially free of BaO and alkali oxide particularly suitable for the glass substrate of LCDs. The glass material consists essentially, expressed in mole percent on an oxide basis, of 70–80%, preferably 72–77% of SiO2, 3... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6992031 | Method for producing aluminosilicate glass The invention relates to a method for producing aluminosilicate glass that is devoid of alkali and that has a B2O3 content of between 0 and | 01/31/2006 |
| 6989633 | Alkaline-earth aluminosilicate glass, containing CA and BA, suitable for use in lamp bulbs, and a lamp bulb containing same An alkaline-earth aluminosilicate glass having a composition (in % by weight, based on oxide) of SiO2>55-64; Al2O3 13-18; B2O3 0-5.5; M5O 0-7; CaO 5.5-14; SrO 0-8; BaO 6-17; ZrO2 0-2; CeO | 01/24/2006 |
| 6949484 | Clear glass composition Glass is provided so as to have high visible transmission and/or fairly clear or neutral color. In certain example embodiments of making glass according to examples of the invention, the glass batch may include a base glass (e.g., soda lime silica base glass) and, i... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6935138 | Infra-red absorption glass for a reed switch An infra-red absorption glass for a reed switch is suitable for encasement of a reed switch using magnetic wire members made of Fe—Ni based alloy (52 alloy). In the infra-red absorption glass, an infra-red transmittance at a wavelength of 1050 nm is not greater th... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6933253 | Alkali-free glass and method for producing the same An alkali-free glass applicable to a light transparent glass substrate in a liquid crystal display essentially consists, by weight, of basic elements of 40-70% SiO2, 6-25% Al2O3, 5-20% B2O3, 0-10% MgO, 0-15% CaO... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6934460 | Compensation and/or variation of wafer level produced lenses and resultant structures An array of micro-optical components includes at least two micro-optical components. Each micro-optical component includes a refractive surface and a corresponding compensation surface for the refractive surface. The corresponding compensation surface includes a cor... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6887808 | Infrared broadband dichroic glass polarizer Polarized glass articles having a wavelength range that is broadened for high contrast-ratio applications. A method that imparts to a glass article a high contrast ratio of at least 40 dB for use as dichroic glass polarizers over a wavelength range of 880 nm to 1,69... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6765721 | Polarization element and method for manufacturing the same A method for manufacturing a polarization element which has a high reliability and is easy to manufacture. The manufacturing method includes the steps of forming a fine metal particle dispersed product including a plurality of dispersed fine metal particles on a sur... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6562523 | Direct write all-glass photomask blanks A narrowly defined range of zinc silicate glass compositions is found to produce High Energy Beam Sensitive-glass (HEBS-glass) that possesses the essential properties of a true gray level mask which is necessary for the fabrication of general three dimens... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6546753 | Method of producing an alkali-free glass An alkali-free glass applicable to a light transparent glass substrate in a liquid crystal display essentially consists, by weight, of basic elements of 40-70% SiO2, 6-25% Al2 O3, 5-20% B2 O3, 0-10% M... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6508083 | Alkali-free glass and method for producing the same An alkali-free glass applicable to a light transparent glass substrate in a liquid crystal display essentially consists, by weight, of basic elements of 40-70% SiO2, 6-25% Al2 O3, 5-20% B2 O3, 0-10% M... | 01/21/2003 |
| 6503860 | Antimony oxide glass with optical activity According to one aspect of the present invention an optically active glass contains Sb2 O3, up to about 4 mole % of an oxide of a rare earth element, and 0-20 mole % of a metal halide selected from the group consisting of a metal flu... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6468933 | Alkali-free glass and method of producing the same An alkali-free glass essentially consists of, by weight percent, 40-70% SiO2, 6-25% Al2 O3, 5-20% B2 O3, 0-10% MgO, 0-15% CaO, 0-30% BaO, 0-10% SrO, 0-10% ZnO, 0.05-2% SnO2, and 0.005-1% Cl... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6465381 | Alkali-free aluminoborosilicate glass, its use and process for its preparation The invention relates to an alkali-free aluminoboro-silicate glass which has the following composition (in % by weight, based on oxide): SiO2 >60-65; B2 O3 6.5-9.5; Al2 O3 14-21; MgO 1-8; CaO 1-6; SrO... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6444599 | Rare earth element-halide environments in oxyhalide glasses The present invention relates to an oxyhalide glass matrix including 0-70 mol. % SiO2, 5-35 mol. % Al2 O3, 1-50 mol. % B2 O3, 5-35 mol. % R2 O, 0-12 wt. % F, 0-12 wt. % Cl, and 0 to 0.2 mol... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6442973 | Synthetic silica glass and its manufacturing method A method is provided for manufacturing a synthetic silica glass. The method includes the steps of maintaining a silica glass member, which is formed using a flame hydrolysis method and having an OH group concentration of about 500 ppm to about 1300 ppm, a... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6436858 | Organic lens molds in inorganic glass and novel inorganic glasses The principal object of the present invention is organic lens molds, constituted wholly or in part of at least one specific inorganic glass, advantageously strengthened by a chemical tempering or a thermal tempering. Said glass has the following compositi... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6420290 | Colorless inorganic glass The object of the present invention is colorless inorganic glasses, as well as products manufactured from said glasses. Said glasses are of the type containing copper halides or copper cadmium halides and having a sharp optical absorption cutoff between 3... | 07/16/2002 |