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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. 14, 2004
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Unaxis Balzers Ltd., Balzers, LI;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 5/08 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 5/08 ;
Abstract
The invention relates to an optical component ( ) consisting of a base unit ( ) which supports a substrate ( ) with a substrate region ( ) that encompasses an optically functional surface, and a coating ( ) which covers the substrate region ( ) and at least part of the base unit ( ). The substrate region ( ) and a reference point ( ) in the base unit ( ) are oriented relative to each other in predefined fashion. The optical component ( ) is produced by assembling the base unit ( ) and the substrate ( ) prior to the coating process, preferably by means of an assembly device ( ). The assembled component is subsequently coated by employing a vacuum coating technique.