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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. 02, 2007
Filed:
Sep. 21, 2004
Applicants:
Yiwei LU, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Donald V. Jacobson, Saline, MI (US);
Francis Wuillaume, Plymouth, MI (US);
Inventors:
Yiwei Lu, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Donald V. Jacobson, Saline, MI (US);
Francis Wuillaume, Plymouth, MI (US);
Assignee:
Guardian Industries Corp., Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 17/06 (2006.01); G02B 5/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A first surface mirror includes a reflective layer and one or more dielectric layers. A metal oxide (e.g., aluminum oxide) nucleation layer(s) is provided above and/or below the reflective layer in order to improve durability of the first surface mirror.