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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.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 04, 2017

Filed:

Dec. 10, 2015
Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Cheng Chen, San Jose, CA (US);

Enkhamgalan Dorjgotov, San Francisco, CA (US);

Masato Kuwabara, Tsukuba, JP;

Wonjae Choi, Cupertino, CA (US);

Martin P. Grunthaner, Mountain View, CA (US);

Albert Lin, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

John Z. Zhong, Saratoga, CA (US);

Wei Chen, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Steven P. Hotelling, Los Gatos, CA (US);

Lynn R. Youngs, Cupertino, CA (US);

Assignee:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/1333 (2006.01); G02B 5/30 (2006.01); H04N 9/31 (2006.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G02B 1/16 (2015.01); G02B 1/11 (2015.01); G02F 1/1335 (2006.01); G06F 3/044 (2006.01); G02F 1/1362 (2006.01); G02F 1/1343 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 5/3033 (2013.01); G02B 1/11 (2013.01); G02B 1/16 (2015.01); G02F 1/13338 (2013.01); G02F 1/133308 (2013.01); G02F 1/133502 (2013.01); G02F 1/133514 (2013.01); G02F 1/133528 (2013.01); G06F 3/041 (2013.01); G06F 3/044 (2013.01); G06F 3/0412 (2013.01); H04N 9/3105 (2013.01); H04N 9/3197 (2013.01); G02F 1/134363 (2013.01); G02F 2001/133334 (2013.01); G02F 2001/136218 (2013.01); G02F 2202/28 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04107 (2013.01);
Abstract

A polarizer includes a polarizer component having a top surface and an opposite bottom surface. The bottom surface is configured to couple to a color filter layer for a liquid crystal display. The polarizer also includes a transparent conducting layer disposed over the top surface. The transparent conducting layer being configured to electrically shield the LCD from a touch panel. The polarizer further includes a coating layer disposed over the transparent conducting layer.


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