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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. 28, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 27, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ramesh R. Kodnani, Binghamton, NY (US);
Mark V. Pierson, Binghamton, NY (US);
William J. Rudik, Vestal, NY (US);
David B. Stone, Jericho, VT (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/1335 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/1335 ;
Abstract
A large liquid crystal display optical structure can be created by providing a transparent substrate with a dark mesh pattern disposed thereon. A means for optical scattering is over, adjacent, or surrounding the dark mesh, with a polarizer laminated to a smooth surface of the means for optical scattering.