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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:
Dec. 30, 1997
Filed:
Nov. 27, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Joseph R Bietry, Rochester, NY (US);
Lee R Estelle, Rochester, NY (US);
Paul D Ludington, Brockport, NY (US);
Assignee:
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B / ; G02B / ; G02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
359646 ; 359558 ; 359717 ;
Abstract
An optical magnifier, preferably having only two elements and including a rear negative surface associated with an object to be viewed, which is aspheric. The aspheric surface follows a formula having a sag which is positive to help effect correction for field curvature, astigmatism and distortion. Preferably the lens has at least one other aspheric surface and a diffractive surface. The diffractive surface is preferably on a curved surface to assist in improving the quality of the magnifier with a limited number of elements.