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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:
Sep. 04, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 02, 2009
Applicant:
Jefferson E. Odhner, Amherst, NH (US);
Inventor:
Jefferson E. Odhner, Amherst, NH (US);
Assignee:
Optics 1, Inc, Westlake Village, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 5/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Aerogel-based optical elements are disclosed. The aerogel-based optical elements have an aerogel member having at least one surface, and at least one optical surface disposed on the at least one aerogel member surface. The at least one optical surface comprises an electroformed metal or at least one glass sheet. The at least one optical surface can be transmissive, reflective, or both. Different types of aerogel-based optical elements are presented, along with various methods of making the aerogel-based optical elements.