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| Class 359 | OPTICAL: SYSTEMS AND ELEMENTS |
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![[List of Pre Grant Publications for class 359 subclass 1]](../as.gif) | ![[List of Patents for class 359 subclass 1]](../ps.gif) | 1 | HOLOGRAPHIC SYSTEM OR ELEMENT |
| | 2 |  Authentication |
| | 3 | Having particular recording medium |
| | 9 | For synthetically generating a hologram |
| | 10 | Using modulated or plural reference beams |
| | 12 | Copying by holographic means |
| | 13 | Head up display |
| | 15 | Using a hologram as an optical element |
| | 21 | Having defined page composer |
| | 22 | For producing or reconstructing images from multiple holograms (e.g., color, etc.) |
| | 27 | Having particular laser source |
| | 28 | Having multiple object beam or diffuse object illumination |
| | 29 | Fourier transform holography |
| | 30 | Having optical element between object and recording medium |
| | 32 | For reconstructing image |
| | 34 | With optical waveguide |
| | 35 | Hardware for producing a hologram |
| | 107 | OPTICAL COMPUTING WITHOUT DIFFRACTION |
| | 196.1 | DEFLECTION USING A MOVING ELEMENT |
| | 197.1 | Using a periodically moving element |
| | 198.1 |  With particular mount or driver for element |
| | 199.1 |  Oscillating driver |
| | 200.1 | Bearing or shaft for rotary driver |
| | 200.6 | Electrostatic driver |
| | 200.7 | Electromagnetic driver |
| | 200.8 | Electromechanical driver |
| | 201.1 | With multiple scanning elements (e.g., plural lenses, lens and prism, etc.) |
| | 201.2 | Reflective element (e.g., mirror, reflector, etc.) |
| | 202.1 | X-Y scanners |
| | 203.1 | Having a common axis or rotation |
| | 204.1 | Utilizing multiple light beams |
| | 204.2 | Including modulated light beam |
| | 204.3 | Including polarized light beam |
| | 204.4 | Having multiple light beams with visible wavelengths |
| | 204.5 | With diffraction grating |
| | 205.1 | Post scanning optical element |
| | 206.1 | High distortion lens (e.g., f-Theta lens) |
| | 207.1 | Anamorphic elements |
| | 207.6 | Cylindrical or toric lens |
| | 207.7 | With diffraction portion or element |
| | 207.8 | With reflecting prism |
| | 207.9 | Polarized beam |
| | 207.11 | Thermal compensation |
| | 208.1 | Concave reflector |
| | 209.1 | Transmissive type moving element |
| | 212.1 | reflective type moving element |
| | 212.2 | Rotating reflective element |
| | 213.1 | Oscillating reflective element |
| | 216.1 | Multifaceted rotating element |
| | 218.1 |  Having six, seven, or eight facets |
| | 219.1 | Having five or fewer facets |
| | 219.2 | Inclined reflective elements |
| | 217.1 | With facet plane substantially parallel to rotating axis plane |
| | 217.2 | With beam modulation |
| | 217.3 | Having vibration absorbing means |
| | 217.4 | With diffractive element |
| | 220.1 | Rotation axis traversely oriented relative to reflective element |
| | 221.1 | Having planar rotating reflector with co-planar axis of rotation |
| | 221.2 | With particular mount or drive for element |
| | 222.1 | By frustrated total internal reflection |
| | 223.1 | By moving a reflective element |
| | 224.1 | Reflective element moved by deformable support |
| | 225.1 | Pivotally or moving in circular arc |
| | 226.1 | Rotating |
| | 226.2 | Pivotal or rotational element |
| | 226.3 | Fluid filled medium |
| | 227 | LIGHT CONTROL BY OPAQUE ELEMENT OR MEDIUM MOVABLE IN OR THROUGH LIGHT PATH |
| | 228 | Fluid |
| | 229 | With glare or flicker elimination |
| | 230 | Electro-mechanical |
| | 232 | Slit type |
| | 233 | With relative motion of two apertured elements |
| | 234 | With rotating or pivoting element (e.g., scanning discs) |
| | 237 | OPTICAL MODULATOR |
| | 238 | Light wave temporal modulation (e.g., frequency, amplitude, etc.) |
| | 239 | Modulator output feedback to modulator |
| | 240 | Changing bulk optical parameter |
| | 241 | By actinic radiation (e.g., photochromic) |
| | 245 | Electro-optic |
| | 246 | Modulation of polarized light via modulating input signal |
| | 247 |  Using reflective or cavity structure |
| | 249 | Compensation technique |
| | 250 | Using plural mediums |
| | 251 | With particular direction of the field in relation to the medium, beam direction or polarization |
| | 252 | With particular medium or state of the medium |
| | 254 | With particular electrode structure or arrangement, or medium mounting structure or arrangement |
| | 255 | With particular field |
| | 256 | With birefringent element |
| | 257 | Pockel`s cell |
| | 258 | Kerr cell |
| | 259 | Plural modulation cells |
| | 260 | Etalon structure |
| | 261 | Multiple reflections within cell |
| | 262 | Excitation by electron beam |
| | 263 | By reflection |
| | 264 | Pulse modulation |
| | 265 | Electrochromic |
| | 266 | Particular nonplanar electrode arrangement |
| | 267 | Reflection-type (e.g., display device) |
| | 268 |  Complementary device |
| | 269 | Particular counter electrode |
| | 270 | Particular electrolyte layer |
| | 271 | Particular planar electrode pattern |
| | 272 | Liquid cell |
| | 273 | Particular electrochromic layer structure |
| | 274 | Diverse layer |
| | 275 | Transmission-type (e.g., windows) |
| | 276 | Amplitude modulation |
| | 278 | Frequency modulation |
| | 279 | Phase modulation |
| | 280 | Magneto-optic |
| | 281 | Modulation of polarized light via modulating input signal |
| | 282 | Using layered structure or plural mediums |
| | 283 | With particular direction of the field in relation to the medium, beam direction or polarization |
| | 284 | Amplitude modulation |
| | 285 | Acousto-optic |
| | 288 | Thermo-optic |
| | 290 | By changing physical characteristics (e.g., shape, size or contours) of an optical element |
| | 298 | Light wave directional modulation (e.g., deflection or scanning is representative of the modulating signal) |
| | 299 | Opto-optical device |
| | 300 | Phase conjugate |
| | 301 | Acting on polarized light |
| | 302 | Using reflecting or cavity structure |
| | 303 | Using more than one polarization (e.g., digital) |
| | 304 | Using single polarization |
| | 305 | Acousto-optic |
| | 306 | Correlation or convolution |
| | 307 | Utilizing optical feedback |
| | 308 | Filter |
| | 309 | Acting on polychromatic light |
| | 310 | Plural cell array |
| | 311 | Plural transducers on single cell |
| | 312 | Single transducer generating composite plural frequency acoustic wave |
| | 313 | Particular cell shape |
| | 314 | Particular cell orientation |
| | 315 | Electro-optic |
| | 321 | Having particular chemical composition or structure |
| | 325 | OPTICAL DEMODULATOR |
| | 326 | OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERTER |
| | 327 | Raman type |
| | 328 | Harmonic generator |
| | 330 | Parametric oscillator |
| | 331 | Optical laser acoustic delay line type |
| | 332 | Dielectric optical waveguide type |
| | 333 | OPTICAL AMPLIFIER |
| | 334 | Raman or Brillouin process |
| | 335 | Free electron |
| | 336 | Bistable |
| | 337 | Correction of deleterious effects |
| | 337.1 | Spectral gain flattening or equalization |
| | 337.2 | Filtering (e.g., noise) |
| | 337.3 | Additional dopant or host composition |
| | 337.4 | Complementary, adjusting stages |
| | 337.5 | Dispersion compensation |
| | 340 | Mode locked |
| | 341.1 | Optical fiber |
| | 341.2 | Bi-directional |
| | 341.3 | Pumping |
| | 341.4 | Feedback |
| | 341.41 | Automatic Gain Control (AGC) |
| | 341.42 | Automatic Level Control (ALC) |
| | 341.43 | Surge protection |
| | 341.44 | Fault detection |
| | 341.5 | Composition (e.g., Tm, Tb, Eu, Ho, Dy, Nd) |
| | 342 | Particular active medium (e.g., crystal, plasma, fluid, etc.) |
| | 345 | Particular pumping type (e.g., electrical, optical, nuclear, magnetic, etc.) |
| | 346 | Particular resonator cavity (e.g., scanning, confocal or folded mirrors, etc.) |
| | 347 | Multiple pass |
| | 349 | Beam combination or separation |
| | 350 | HAVING SIGNIFICANT INFRARED OR ULTRAVIOLET PROPERTY |
| | 351 | Having folded optical path |
| | 352 | Having polarizing element |
| | 353 | Including alternative optical path or optical element (e.g., day-night, hi-low magnification) |
| | 354 | Including continuously variable magnification or focal length (zoom lens, adjustable lens) |
| | 355 | Lens, lens system or component |
| | 358 | Fluid filter or fluid mirror |
| | 359 | Multilayer filter or multilayer reflector |
| | 361 | Having ultraviolet absorbing or shielding property |
| | 362 | COMPOUND LENS SYSTEM |
| | 363 | With image recorder |
| | 364 | With curved reflective imaging element |
| | 367 | Right angle inspector |
| | 368 | Microscope |
| | 369 | With viewed screen |
| | 370 | Interference |
| | 372 | With plural optical axes |
| | 379 | Spacing of optical elements axially adjustable |
| | 381 | Imaging elements movable in and out of optical axis |
| | 382 | Entire microscope adjustable along optical axis |
| | 384 | With rotatable adjustment |
| | 385 | Illuminator |
| | 386 | Using polarized light |
| | 387 | With annular lighting structure |
| | 388 | With optical switching means |
| | 389 | With illumination and viewing paths coaxial at the image field |
| | 390 | With illuminator support |
| | 391 | Stage or slide carrier |
| | 392 | Adjustable along optical axis |
| | 393 | With plural transverse movements |
| | 394 | With turntable |
| | 395 | With temperature control |
| | 396 | Transparent slide |
| | 399 | Telescope |
| | 400 | With viewed screen |
| | 401 | With image anti-rotation |
| | 402 | Periscope |
| | 407 | Binocular |
| | 408 | Foldable or collapsible |
| | 409 | Body supported or with handle |
| | 412 | With adjustable interocular distance |
| | 413 | Oculars swing about central axis |
| | 415 | Oculars rotate about separate axes |
| | 417 | Spacing of optical elements axially adjustable |
| | 418 | Spacing of optical elements axially adjustable |
| | 419 | With plural optical axes |
| | 421 | Selectable magnification |
| | 422 | Variable magnification |
| | 423 | With relay |
| | 425 | Focusing or relatively sliding barrels |
| | 428 | With reticle |
| | 429 | With line of sight adjustment |
| | 431 | With prism or U-shaped optical path |
| | 432 | Variable magnification |
| | 433 | With tilted lens or tilted image plane |
| | 434 | With relay |
| | 436 | SCALE OR INDICIA READING |
| | 443 | PROJECTION SCREEN |
| | 444 | With sound producer |
| | 445 | Acoustical |
| | 446 | Moving during projection |
| | 447 | Tracing (e.g., camera lucida, etc.) |
| | 448 | With lens (e.g., camera obscura, etc.) |
| | 449 | With reflector or additional screen |
| | 450 | Border, mask, shade, or curtain |
| | 451 | Curved |
| | 452 | Embedded particles |
| | 454 | Unitary sheet comprising plural refracting areas |
| | 459 | Unitary sheet comprising plural reflecting areas |
| | 460 | Rear projection screen |
| | 461 | Roll up screen |
| | 462 | STEREOSCOPIC |
| | 463 | Having record with lenticular surface |
| | 464 | With right and left channel discriminator (e.g., polarized or colored light) |
| | 466 | Stereo-viewers |
| | 467 | View changers |
| | 470 | Compensates for camera position (e.g., plotting or mapping type) |
| | 471 | Reflected line of sight |
| | 473 | Ocular spacing or angle between ocular axes adjustable |
| | 474 | Collapsible |
| | 475 | Having illumination |
| | 476 | Ocular to picture distance adjustable |
| | 477 | Supporting, mounting, enclosing or light shielding structure |
| | 478 | RELIEF ILLUSION |
| | 480 | BINOCULAR DEVICES |
| | 483 | POLARIZATION WITHOUT MODULATION |
| | 484 | Time invariant electric, magnetic, or electromagnetic field responsive (e.g., electro-optical, magneto-optical) |
| | 485 | Light polarization without any external input |
| | 486 | By grid or dipoles |
| | 487 | By reflection or refraction (e.g., Brewster angle) |
| | 489 | Polarization (direction or magnitude) varies over surface of the medium (e.g., vectograph) |
| | 490 | By dichroic medium |
| | 493 | Glare prevention by discriminating against polarized light |
| | 494 | By birefringent element |
| | 495 | For beam deflection or splitting |
| | 496 | Prisms |
| | 497 | Using plural elements |
| | 500 | With particular material or mounting structure |
| | 501 | By relatively adjustable superimposed or in series polarizers |
| | 502 | With color filter |
| | 503 | EXTENDED SPACING STRUCTURE FOR OPTICAL ELEMENTS |
| | 504 | Wide angle (e.g., door peep) |
| | 505 | With screen or reticle in real image plane |
| | 506 | Extension of tubular element adjustable |
| | 507 | PROTECTION FROM MOISTURE OR FOREIGN PARTICLE |
| | 508 | Optical element rotates |
| | 509 | Fluid directed across optical element |
| | 510 | Microscope drape |
| | 511 | Cap or cover |
| | 512 | Humidity or temperature control |
| | 513 | Sealing |
| | 515 | SIGNAL REFLECTOR |
| | 516 | Body carried |
| | 520 | Moving |
| | 527 | For a signal source remote from observer |
| | 528 | Light transmitting from source behind a reflector |
| | 529 | 3-Corner retroreflective (i.e., cube corner, trihedral, or triple reflector type) |
| | 534 | Including a curved refracting surface |
| | 535 | Within individual indentations |
| | 536 | Minute transparent spheres |
| | 537 | Directional reflection (e.g., prevent viewing unless critical angle of light is used) |
| | 538 | On flexible substrate (e.g., flexible sheeting, bumper sticker, etc.) |
| | 539 | Mixture in liquid binder (e.g., paint, resin) |
| | 540 | Placed on top of binder (e.g., resin, asphalt, glue, etc.) |
| | 542 | Plural refracting elements formed as a unitary mass |
| | 543 | With individual reflector element mount |
| | 546 | Discrete reflecting elements formed as a unitary mass |
| | 549 | Rigidly mounted on vehicle |
| | 551 | Mounted on roadway |
| | 552 | Mounted adjacent roadway |
| | 553 | Emergency or temporary reflectors (i.e., portable self standing) |
| | 554 | IMAGE STABILIZATION |
| | 558 | DIFFRACTION |
| | 559 | Using Fourier transform spatial filtering |
| | 560 | For convolution (cross-correlation) |
| | 561 | For correlation |
| | 562 | For changing zeroth order intensity |
| | 563 | With diffraction grating |
| | 564 | With photographic media |
| | 565 | From zone plate |
| | 566 | From grating |
| | 577 | LIGHT INTERFERENCE |
| | 578 | Electrically or mechanically variable (e.g., tunable, adjustable) |
| | 580 | Produced by coating or lamina |
| | 591 | BUILDING INTERIOR ILLUMINATION WITH REFLECTED, REFRACTED OR PREDETERMINED ANGLE OF ENTRANCE OF OUTSIDE LIGHT |
| | 592 | Unitary light transmitting member comprising plural reflecting or refracting elements |
| | 596 | Slats or strips |
| | 597 | With reflection |
| | 599 | DIFFUSING OF INCIDENT LIGHT |
| | 600 | BARREL END EYE GUARD (E.G., SHIELD OR CUSHION, ETC.) |
| | 601 | GLARE OR UNWANTED LIGHT REDUCTION |
| | 602 | With mirror (e.g., mirror with glare screen, etc.) |
| | 609 | Display window |
| | 610 | With blind for nonviewing eye |
| | 611 | Barrel end or lens mount shade |
| | 613 | Directional or angular discrimination |
| | 614 | With absorption means |
| | 615 | LIGHT DISPERSION |
| | 616 | KALEIDOSCOPE |
| | 618 | SINGLE CHANNEL SIMULTANEOUSLY TO OR FROM PLURAL CHANNELS (E.G., LIGHT DIVIDING, COMBINING, OR PLURAL IMAGE FORMING, ETC.) |
| | 619 | By surface composed of lenticular elements |
| | 620 | Having particular composition |
| | 621 | Plural lenticular plates |
| | 625 | Focusing or defocusing by noncurved surfaces (e.g., prismatic, etc.) |
| | 626 | Particular focusing or defocusing characteristic |
| | 627 | Reflective |
| | 628 | Noncircular cross section |
| | 629 | By partial reflection at beam splitting or combining surface |
