Patents by Inventor Mathieu Maillard

Mathieu Maillard has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Variable-focus lens and method of manufacturing the same
    Publication number: 20070002455
    Abstract: The invention relates to a variable-focus lens (60) for focussing light rays in light paths passing through the lens along an optical axis (?). The lens comprises an arrangement of first and second immiscible liquids (67, 68) that have different refractive indices and are in contact over a moveable refractive optical interface (69), a volume of gas (72) in contact with one of said liquids, and a retention measure (70, 74) for keeping the volume of gas away from the light paths of the light rays passing through the lens for focussing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2006
    Publication date: January 4, 2007
    Inventors: Bruno Berge, Jerome Peseux, Mathieu Maillard, Pierre Craen