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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2023
3m Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Sean M. Sweetnam, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Stephen P. Maki, North St. Paul, MN (US);
Timothy J. Hebrink, Scandia, MN (US);
David J. Rowe, Roseville, MN (US);
Daniel M. Pierpont, North St. Paul, MN (US);
Kevin W. Gotrik, Hudson, WI (US);
James A. Phipps, River Falls, WI (US);
3M Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
Ultraviolet light shielding articles are provided. An ultraviolet light shielding article includes a flexible substrate having a major surface and a multilayer optical film disposed on the major surface of the substrate. The multilayer optical film is comprised of at least a plurality of alternating first and second inorganic optical layers collectively reflecting and absorbing at an incident light angle of at least one of 0°, 15°, 30°, 45°, 60°, or 75°, an average of at least 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, or 95 percent of incident ultraviolet light over at least a 30-nanometer wavelength reflection bandwidth in a wavelength range from 190 nanometers (nm) to 400 nm. Solar cell covers including an ultraviolet shielding articles are also provided.