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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 17, 2022
3m Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Daniel J. Schmidt, Woodbury, MN (US);
Kevin W. Gotrik, Hudson, WI (US);
Kundapur Raveesh Shenoy, Woodbury, MN (US);
Przemyslaw P. Markowicz, Woodbury, 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 structured first major surface having a plurality of microlenses and an opposing second major surface. A light absorbing layer is disposed on the second major surface and has an average thickness of greater than about 0.5 microns and an optical density of greater than about 3. A plurality of openings are provided in the light absorbing layer. A major surface of the light absorbing layer includes a plurality of irregular features imparting an average mean square height Sq of greater than about 0.05 microns. In a cross-section, the opening includes opposing first and second sidewalls having respective first and second best linear fits with respective r-squared values R1 and R2 and respective linear slope magnitudes S1 and S2, each of R1 and R2 greater than about 0.8. S1 and S2 within 30% of each other.