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Polarized eyewear

US7771045B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 9, 2008
Grant dateAug 10, 2010
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Expiry dateOct 14, 2028

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B5/3058
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An article of polarized eyewear has a lens with a first substrate lens material transparent to visible light and a pattern of elongated structures formed from at least a second material having a complex index of refraction that is deposited onto a curved surface of the first substrate lens material. The pitch between adjacent elongated structures is less than 300 nm and the width of each elongated structure is less than 90% of the pitch.

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