Patents by Inventor Richard G. Pawlak

Richard G. Pawlak 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).

  • Antireflection films for use with displays
    Patent number: 6800378
    Abstract: An antireflection film and method of making same includes a substrate having a first surface and a second surface, the substrate being a circular polarizer, a linear polarizer, or a louvered plastic film, an inorganic layer deposited on the first surface of the substrate, and an optically active polymer layer formed by curing a curable composition in situ on the inorganic layer, the polymer layer having a refractive index not greater than about 1.53 over the wavelength range of 400 nm to 700 nm and a thickness of from about 20 nm to about 200 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2004
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: A. Nader Hawa, Georgio Trapani, Tiffany E. Lund, Richard G. Pawlak, Pradnya V. Nagarkar
  • Antireflection films for use with displays
    Publication number: 20030116270
    Abstract: An antireflection film and method of making same includes a substrate having a first surface and a second surface, the substrate being a circular polarizer, a linear polarizer, or a louvered plastic film, an inorganic layer deposited on the first surface of the substrate, and an optically active polymer layer formed by curing a curable composition in situ on the inorganic layer, the polymer layer having a refractive index not greater than about 1.53 over the wavelength range of 400 nm to 700 nm and a thickness of from about 20 nm to about 200 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2002
    Publication date: June 26, 2003
    Inventors: A. Nader Hawa, Georgio Trapani, Tiffany E. Lund, Richard G. Pawlak, Pradnya V. Nagarkar