Patents by Inventor Thomas Küepper

Thomas Küepper 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).

  • Coated substrate with a curved surface, and a method for production of a coated substrate such as this
    Patent number: 8647710
    Abstract: A method for production of a substrate having a patterned optical coating on a curved surface is provided. The method includes applying a masking to a sub-area of the curved surface applying an optical coating using a vacuum deposition method, and removing the masking. A coated substrate, which can be produced in particular by the method described above, is also provided. The coated substrate includes a curved surface that is provided with at least one patterned optical coating. The at least one patterned optical coating is provided on at least one sub-area of the curved surface and is missing on at least one adjacent sub-area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: Schott AG
    Inventors: Thomas Küepper, Dieter Wittenberg, Christoph Moelle, Lutz Zogg