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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7609443 | Projection and/or rear projection screen The backprojection and/or projection screen comprises at least a first substrate joined to a scattering layer producing a subsurface effect, which offers a resolution of at least 5×103 dpi, the image being able to be displayed without blurring at a viewi... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7525646 | Multiple pattern generator integration with single post expose bake station A system and method of operation for a lithographic system having multiple exposure stations sharing one or more post-expose bake station and a centralized control system that schedules work through the expose station to the post-expose bake station while taking int... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7463415 | System for collecting and displaying images to create a visual effect and methods of use A system (and its methods of use) for collecting and displaying images so as to create a visual effect and, more particularly but not by way of limitation, a three-dimensional visual effect. ... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7458691 | Holographic combiners for illumination of spatial light modulators in projection systems Described is an optical device for combining multiple light sources in an optical projection system. One embodiment of the optical device includes at least two light sources having first and second wavelengths, and an optical element for substantially diffracting th... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7459261 | Resist composition and patterning process using the same There is disclosed a resist composition which comprises, at least, a polymer in which a sulfonium salt having a polymerizable unsaturated bond, a (meth)acrylate having a lactone or a hydroxyl group as an adhesion group, and a (meth)acrylate having an ester substitut... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7460301 | Image display apparatus, and transmissive screen and reflecting mirror used for same The present invention provides a technique suitable for making a set more compact by realizing reduction in height and reduction in depth. An image display apparatus of the present invention includes a reflecting mirror (4) for reflecting the image sent from ... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7457036 | Front projection screens including reflective layer and an array of anamorphic microlenses Projection screens include a substrate, a reflective layer on the substrate and a refractive layer on the substrate. The refractive layer includes an array of anamorphic microlenses. ... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7455412 | Mirror having a portion in the form of an information provider In a mirror with a non-reflective portion provided within its reflective mirror surface as an information provider the portion is transparent and is backed by a display. The display has a moving image or has a colored image representation. Preferably at least one lo... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7453634 | Discontinuous or variable thickness gain modification coating for projection film and method for making same The present invention relates to projection films and methods of making the same. In particular, the present invention relates to a projection film whereby the microspheres exhibit improved alignment on the light exit surface and have alignment on the light entrance... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7453633 | Perforate projection screen with inconspicuous seams A perforate projection screen for movies, planetariums and the like having inconspicuous seams and uniform reflectivity throughout its visible surface. The screen is made from a plurality of perforate panels and is mounted, when in use, with a dark non-reflective ch... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7453639 | Diffusion sheet, rear projection screen provided with diffusion sheet, method of manufacturing mold for diffusion sheet, and method of manufacturing diffusion sheet In a diffusion sheet 101, a plurality of approximately trapezoidal columnar unit lens portions 11 are disposed such that the long-axis directions thereof are in parallel with each other, and all the surfaces of the unit lens portions, which correspond ... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7453635 | Imaging material with improved contrast An imaging material has been developed which provides improved image contrast, increased gain and increased viewing angle. A method for production of the screen element is also described. The imaging material of the invention includes a refractive optical element wh... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7448758 | Illumination unit and projection type image display apparatus employing the same An illumination unit includes first, second, third, and fourth light source units to emit first, second, third, and fourth light beams of different wavelength bands, and a hexahedral color synthesis prism to synthesize the first, second, third, and fourth light beam... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7450219 | Reticle-carrying container The present invention supports a reticle 12 in a safe and secure manner. A reticle-carrying container 11 includes a pod 13 for storing the reticle 12, a door 14 and a seal 15 for blocking and sealing hermetically the pod ... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7445346 | Projection equipment support system A support system for the mounting/suspension/elevation of a commercial projector is disclosed. The projector support grasps the projector to be mounted at one of its surfaces (typically, the bottom surface) through the use of two support arms. The support arms are a... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7445340 | Polarized, LED-based illumination source An illumination source includes a number of light emitting diodes (LEDs) operating at a first wavelength. Light from the LEDs illuminates a phosphor material that generates light at a second wavelength. A reflective polarizer transmits light at the second wavelength... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7446858 | Exposure method and apparatus, and method for fabricating device An exposure method and apparatus simultaneously transfer patterns with various pitches with high resolution. On the pupil surface of an illumination system, nine areas are set. The nine areas are a first area including the optical axis, four second areas each smalle... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7446859 | Apparatus and method for reducing contamination in immersion lithography An apparatus for reducing contamination in immersion lithography includes a wafer chuck assembly having a wafer chuck configured to hold a semiconductor wafer on a support surface thereof. The wafer chuck has a gap therein, the gap located adjacent an outer edge of ... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7446855 | Methods and apparatuses for configuring radiation in microlithographic processing of workpieces using an adjustment structure Methods and apparatuses for configuring radiation used in microlithographic processing of workpieces are disclosed herein. One particular embodiment of such a method comprises directing a radiation beam along a radiation path from a reticle to an adjustment structur... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7443583 | Screen and image projector using the screen A projector screen having a simple configuration, which provides a wide field of view angle and can be used for both transmission and reflection projection is achieved. A screen according to the present invention is provided with a directional scattering layer that ... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7443484 | Method for exposing a semiconductor wafer by applying periodic movement to a component A method of focus variation is described herein to achieve a one-step exposure of a wafer without the limitation of applying a complex y-tilt to a wafer stage. The position of the wafer surface to be exposed is periodically varied with respect to the focal plane, or... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7441904 | Projection type display apparatus with ventilation A projection type display apparatus includes a housing having a first side on which an air intake opening is arranged and a second side on which an air exhaust opening is arranged, a light source for supplying light, and a light valve device which modulates the ligh... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7440077 | Exposure apparatus The exposure apparatus of the invention includes a chamber 1 housing an exposure apparatus body 6 provided with an illumination optical system 2, a reticle 3, a projection lens 4 and a stage 5, gas supply units 7, 13, 17 | 10/21/2008 |
| 7439010 | Alkali-soluble siloxane polymer, positive type resist composition, resist pattern, process for forming the same, electronic device and process for manufacturing the same A positive type resist composition having an alkali-soluble siloxane polymer expressed by the following Formula (1), a photosensitive compound, and a 1 μm thick resist film formed of the positive type resist composition which has 5% to 60% of transmittance to i-lin... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7434940 | Light coupling system and method A light coupling system includes a waveguide, configured to receive light from at least two light sources and to internally reflect light therein; a diffraction grating, disposed upon the waveguide; and a switchable Bragg grating, disposed upon the waveguide. The di... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7436593 | Screen, fresnel lens sheet used therefor, and image display apparatus using the same Images that are bright even on the periphery of a transmissive screen are obtained by reducing reflection loss of the screen when the screen incident angle of the image light entering the upper left and right ends of the screen increases. Incident-side prisms (10... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7435532 | Lithographic printing plate precursor A lithographic printing plate precursor having a good press life with a practical energy amount, which can be on-press developed without passing through a development processing step after recording an image by a laser of emitting an infrared ray, is provided, which... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7433122 | Front-projection screen with subsurface diffusion targets An apparatus, system, and method for a front-projection screen having a subsurface diffusion target are disclosed herein. ... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7429111 | Two-panel color management system The invention provides a two-panel color management system for projection display applications, wherein color sequencing is accomplished using achromatic beam switching and static color separation. In a preferred embodiment, a liquid-crystal polarization switch alte... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7425399 | Composition for forming anti-reflective coating for use in lithography There is provided a composition for forming anti-reflective coating for anti-reflective coating that has a good absorption of light at a wavelength utilized for manufacturing a semiconductor device, that exerts a high protection effect against light reflection, that... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7425402 | Heat-sensitive lithographic printing plate precursor A heat-sensitive lithographic printing plate precursor is disclosed which comprises a hydrophilic support and an oleophilic coating comprising an infrared absorbing agent and a developer soluble polymer which comprises a phenolic monomeric unit wherein the phenyl gr... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7423733 | Lithographic apparatus, device manufacturing method, and device manufactured thereby with docking system for positioning a patterning device The invention pertains to a lithographic apparatus that includes a docking system for positioning a patterning device, such as a reticle, relative to the reticle stage. The lithographic projection apparatus has an operational cycle that includes a projection phase, ... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7423808 | Rear projection screen with spatial varying diffusing angle A Fresnel lens of the prior art is split into two Fresnel lenses to allow easier control of the horizontal and vertical viewing angles. In a second embodiment, the Fresnel lens is entirely eliminated. Instead, the diffuser contains elliptical microstructures so that... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7423809 | Reflective screen A reflective screen is provided. A reflective screen that displays an image by reflecting light from a light source includes a reflective sheet, a light-scattering sheet, and an adhesive layer bonding the reflective sheet to the light-scattering sheet. The adhesive ... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7423731 | Illumination optical system, exposure apparatus, and exposure method with polarized switching device An illumination optical system for, when installed in an exposure system, realizing a suitable illumination condition by varying the polarized state of the illumination light according to the pattern characteristics of the mask while suppressing the loss of the inte... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7422839 | Resin for positive resist composition, and positive resist composition using the same, laminate and method for forming resist pattern The use of a positive resist composition that includes a resin with a specific structure improves the resolution and yields a resist pattern with a favorable shape. In addition, when a resist layer is formed on either a magnetic film or a metallic oxidation preventi... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7419270 | Display apparatus and its lamp-lighting mechanism At least one exemplary embodiment is directed to a projection-type image display apparatus in which a wrong operation caused by noise occurring during lighting a light source lamp is reduced by prohibiting a read and/or write operation for at least a part of a perio... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7417795 | Projector screen for image projection The invention relates to a projector screen for image projection, comprising a transparent support (16) which fixes the screen shape and a light-scattering layer, which covers at least one defined projection surface within the screen shape, whereby, in order ... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7417715 | Stage apparatus, lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing method using two patterning devices In order to improve the productivity of a lithographic apparatus, a stage apparatus for holding two patterning devices is described. The patterning devices are arranged such that the distance between the patterns in the scanning direction corresponds to the length o... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7417794 | Polymer sheet for projection screen A polymer sheet for use in a projection screen comprises polyorgano silsesquioxane microspheres that enhance light diffusing characteristics. Also disclosed is a projection screen comprising at least two glass plates and the polymer sheet disposed therebetween. Also... | 08/26/2008 |
