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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:
Oct. 11, 1988
Filed:
Dec. 17, 1986
Applicant:
Inventors:
Donald M Trotter, Jr, Corning, NY (US);
Arthur J Whitman, Horseheads, NY (US);
Assignee:
Corning Glass Works, Corning, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C03B / ; B29D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
65 182 ; 65 37 ; 264-12 ; 264-11 ; 350417 ; 427162 ;
Abstract
This invention relates to a method for preparing a lens or a lens array and apparatus for carrying out the method. The method comprises directing, in line of sight in a vacuum, the vapor of a substance, which is solid and transparent at ambient temperature, from a source of that vapor through a hole in a mask to form a deposit on a substrate. The mask is so positioned between the vapor source and the substrate that obscuration by the solid portions of the mask around the hole causes the deposit to assume a curved surface and function as a lens.