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Sheeting useful as a projection screen

CA 1138233 A · Owner: Minnesota Mining And Manufacturing Company · Inventors: Palmquist, Philip V.; Bradshaw, Thomas I.

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Sheeting Useful as a Projection Screen Abstract, Sheeting useful as a projection screen especially for projection television, comprises a transparent film that is configured on its back surface with a random pattern of generally parallel elongated microscopic recesses and projections, is reflectively coated on that surface, and is configured on its front surface with lenticular light-refracting recesses and projections that spread light entering and leaving that surface. At least the recesses and projections on the back surface are convex or concave in both their longitudinal and transverse directions. The screen is generally oriented during use so that the elongated recesses and …

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  • Granted December 28, 1982. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended December 28, 1999.
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FiledAugust 5, 1980
GrantedDecember 28, 1982
Term endedDecember 28, 1999
Patent numberCA 1138233 A
Classification (IPC)G03B21/60

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1981198319851987198919911993199519971999Application filedAug 5, 1980Patent grantedDec 28, 1982Term endedDec 28, 1999

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