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Image carrying media employing an optical barrier layer

CA 1247912 A · Owner: Polaroid Corporation · Inventors: Plummer, William T.

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An optical barrier layer for use in reflection type image carrying media of the type wherein a thin transparent image receiving layer includes an image which is viewed through one side of the image receiving layer with ambient light that is reflected from a light scattering layer located on the other side of the image-receiving layer. The optical barrier layer is a thin transparent, layer located between the image receiving layer and the light scattering layer and operates to minimize nonlinear density effects of multiple internal reflections.

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  • Granted January 3, 1989. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended January 3, 2006.
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FiledApril 28, 1983
GrantedJanuary 3, 1989
Term endedJanuary 3, 2006
Patent numberCA 1247912 A
Classification (IPC)G03C8/52 +1 more

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19841987199019931996199920022005Application filedApril 28, 1983Patent grantedJan 3, 1989Term endedJan 3, 2006

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