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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:
Apr. 05, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 25, 2008
Applicants:
Steve Oliver, San Jose, CA (US);
Shashikant Hegde, Boise, ID (US);
Jeff Viens, Boise, ID (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Aptina Imaging Corporation, George Town, KY;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 3/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Methods of forming a lens master wafer having aspheric lens shapes. In one embodiment, a substrate is coated with a polymer material. Isolated sections are formed in the polymer material. The isolated sections are reflowed. The reflowed sections are formed into aspheric lens shapes using a lens stamp.