Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Diffuse reflective optical films with spatially selective birefringence reduction
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Application No.: US13703518Application Date: 2011-06-29
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Publication No.: US09939560B2Publication Date: 2018-04-10
- Inventor: William Ward Merrill
- Applicant: William Ward Merrill
- Applicant Address: US MN Saint Paul
- Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
- Current Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
- Current Assignee Address: US MN Saint Paul
- Agent Gregory D. Allen
- International Application: PCT/US2011/142358 WO 20110629
- International Announcement: WO2012/003213 WO 20120105
- Main IPC: G02B5/30
- IPC: G02B5/30 ; G02B5/02 ; B42D25/45 ; B42D25/387 ; B44F1/02 ; B42D25/41 ; B42D25/29 ; B42D25/00 ; B42D25/382 ; B42D25/391

Abstract:
A diffusely reflective optical film includes a blended layer extending from a first to a second zone of the film. The blended layer includes first and second polymer materials separated into distinct first and second phases, respectively. The blended layer may have the same composition and thickness in the first and second zones, but different first and second diffusely reflective characteristics in the first and second zones, respectively. The difference between the first and second diffusely reflective characteristics may not be attributable to any difference in composition or thickness of the layer between the first and second zones. Instead, the difference between the first and second diffusely reflective characteristic may be attributable to a difference in birefringence of the first and/or second polymer materials between the first and second zones. The blend morphology of the blended layer may be substantially the same in the first and second zones.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130094088A1 DIFFUSE REFLECTIVE OPTICAL FILMS WITH SPATIALLY SELECTIVE BIREFRINGENCE REDUCTION Public/Granted day:2013-04-18
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