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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2021
3m Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Neeraj Sharma, Lake Elmo, MN (US);
Przemyslaw P. Markowicz, Woodbury, MN (US);
Timothy J. Reddy, Maplewood, MN (US);
Mark A. Roehrig, Stillwater, MN (US);
Tri D. Pham, Woodbury, MN (US);
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY, St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
Various embodiments of an optical construction and an electronic device that includes such optical construction are disclosed. The optical construction includes a lens film having an outermost structured first major surface and an opposing outermost substantially planar second major surface. The structured first major surface includes a plurality of microlenses. The optical construction also includes a mask disposed adjacent to the second major surface of the lens film and includes a plurality of laser-ablated openings disposed through the mask. The openings are aligned to the microlenses in a one-to-one correspondence. The mask further includes a UV-cured polymer material and an optically absorptive material.