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Optical Coating Laboratory, Inc.

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142Patents
0Active
142Granted
44Portfolio score

Filing activity: Mar 24, 1971 → Feb 27, 2004

Most-cited patents

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US4851095A Magnetron sputtering apparatus and process Electricity 321 Expired
US4705356A Thin film optical variable article having substantial color shift with angle and method Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 236 Expired
US4838648A Thin film structure having magnetic and color shifting properties Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 211 Expired
US5724175A Electrochromic device manufacturing process Physics 204 Expired
US4434010A Article and method for forming thin film flakes and coatings Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 190 Expired
US3990784A Coated architectural glass system and method Chemistry; Metallurgy 168 Expired
US6057925A Compact spectrometer device Physics 160 Expired
US4779898A Thin film optically variable article and method having gold to green color shift for currency authentication Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 149 Expired
US4705300A Thin film optically variable article and method having gold to green color shift for currency authentication Performing Operations; Transporting 123 Expired
US4702963A Flexible polymer film with vapor impermeable coating Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 118 Expired
US5824374A In-situ laser patterning of thin film layers during sequential depositing Physics 110 Expired
US6204953A Protective coating materials for electrochromic devices Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 106 Expired
US4721217A Tamper evident optically variable device and article utilizing the same Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 106 Expired
US5798027A Process for depositing optical thin films on both planar and non-planar substrates Chemistry; Metallurgy 89 Expired
US4333983A Optical article and method Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 87 Expired
US4229066A Visible transmitting and infrared reflecting filter Chemistry; Metallurgy 84 Expired
US5872655A Monolithic linear variable filter and method of manufacture Physics 84 Expired
US6261641A Protective coating materials for electrochromic devices Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 82 Expired
US5995271A Protective coating materials for electrochromic devices Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 81 Expired
US6008920A Multiple channel multiplexer/demultiplexer devices Physics 76 Expired
US5515169A Spectral wavelength discrimination system and method for using Physics 76 Expired
US5618388A Geometries and configurations for magnetron sputtering apparatus Chemistry; Metallurgy 75 Expired
US5449413A UV/IR reflecting solar cell cover Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 72 Expired
US5200855A Absorbing dichroic filters Physics 72 Expired
US6303885A Bi-stable micro switch Electricity 71 Expired

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