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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2008
Filed:
Jul. 21, 2006
Applicants:
Brian William Holmes, Middlesex, GB;
Kenneth John Drinkwater, Hampshire, GB;
Inventors:
Brian William Holmes, Middlesex, GB;
Kenneth John Drinkwater, Hampshire, GB;
Assignee:
De La Rue International Limited, Basingstoke, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 5/32 (2006.01); G02B 5/02 (2006.01); G02B 13/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A diffuse reflector comprises a substrate () having an asymmetric, reflective, periodic surface relief microstructure formed such that, under illumination by a multiplicity of wavelengths in a plane of incidence or illumination lying along the axis of asymmetry, substantially all the said wavelengths are preferentially scattered or guided into a single, common viewing zone offset from the direction of specular reflection hereinbefore defined.