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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 1978
Filed:
Sep. 21, 1977
Applicant:
Inventor:
Bernard L Laurin, Ludlow, MA (US);
Assignee:
American Optical Corporation, Southbridge, MA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B05D / ; B05D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
427164 ; 427165 ;
Abstract
An optical element is provided having a durable abrasion-resistant, antifog coating applied to at least one surface thereof by coating an optical element comprised of an inorganic or organic transparent base with a transparent abrasion-resistant antifog coating consisting of a lightly cross-linked polyvinyl alcohol, the desired degree of cross-linking being obtained by utilizing a combination of zirconium nitrate and formaldehyde as cross-linking agents.