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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 10, 2022
3m Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Bert T. Chien, St. Paul, MN (US);
William B. Kolb, Stillwater, MN (US);
Tri D. Pham, Woodbury, MN (US);
Daoyun Song, Woodbury, MN (US);
Daniel K. Bruesewitz, New Richmond, WI (US);
Stephen P. Maki, North St. Paul, MN (US);
James A. Phipps, River Falls, WI (US);
Jonah Shaver, Saint Paul, MN (US);
Zhaohui Yang, North Oaks, MN (US);
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY, St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
An optical construction includes a lens film having a plurality of optically transparent first beads at least partially embedded in a first layer. A light blocking second layer is disposed on the lens film and defines a plurality of through openings therein extending at least partially between opposite major top and bottom surfaces of the second layer. The through openings are aligned to the first beads in a one-to-one correspondence.