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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:
Sep. 23, 2003
Filed:
Oct. 13, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Naoki Azuma, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Asahi Kasei Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/10 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/10 ;
Abstract
Disclosed is a light-conducting plate which comprises a transparent resin containing a carbonic acid gas and which has a carbonic acid gas content of from 0.01 to 2% by weight based on the weight of the light-conducting plate. The plate used in a planar light emitting device exhibits increased luminance, improved luminance uniformity, and reduced color unevenness. Also disclosed is a method of producing the light-conducting plate.