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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:
Aug. 04, 1998
Filed:
Feb. 24, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Michael L Sanders, Windsor, CA (US);
Scott F Rowlands, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Paul G Coombs, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Assignee:
Optical Coating Laboratory, Inc., Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F21V / ; G02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
359361 ; 359359 ; 359582 ; 427162 ; 428689 ; 428701 ;
Abstract
A protective composite thin film coating structure is disclosed which provides ultraviolet (UV)-protection to polymer components used in low earth orbit (LEO) environments. The structure protects such components from physical and optical degradation due to exposure to ultraviolet radiation and oxygen, in particular atomic oxygen.