Class   359	OPTICAL: SYSTEMS AND ELEMENTS
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HOLOGRAPHIC SYSTEM OR ELEMENT

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. (1 indent ) Authentication

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. (1 indent ) Having particular recording medium

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.. (2 indent ) Recyclable

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... (3 indent ) Magnetic material

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... (3 indent ) Sandwich having photoconductor

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... (3 indent ) Crystalline material

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.. (2 indent ) Having nonplanar recording medium surface

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. (1 indent ) For synthetically generating a hologram

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. (1 indent ) Using modulated or plural reference beams

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.. (2 indent ) Spatial, phase or amplitude modulation

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. (1 indent ) Copying by holographic means

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. (1 indent ) Head up display

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.. (2 indent ) Holograph on curved substrate

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. (1 indent ) Using a hologram as an optical element

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.. (2 indent ) With aberration correction

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.. (2 indent ) Scanner

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... (3 indent ) Flat rotating disk

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.. (2 indent ) Lens

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... (3 indent ) Multiple point hologram (e.g., fly-eye lens, etc.)

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. (1 indent ) Having defined page composer

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. (1 indent ) For producing or reconstructing images from multiple holograms (e.g., color, etc.)

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.. (2 indent ) Holographic stereogram

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.. (2 indent ) Superimposed holograms only

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.. (2 indent ) Discrete hologram only

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... (3 indent ) Sequential frames on moving film

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. (1 indent ) Having particular laser source

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. (1 indent ) Having multiple object beam or diffuse object illumination

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. (1 indent ) Fourier transform holography

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. (1 indent ) Having optical element between object and recording medium

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.. (2 indent ) Focused image holography

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. (1 indent ) For reconstructing image

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.. (2 indent ) Real image

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. (1 indent ) With optical waveguide

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. (1 indent ) Hardware for producing a hologram

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OPTICAL COMPUTING WITHOUT DIFFRACTION

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. (1 indent ) Logic gate

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DEFLECTION USING A MOVING ELEMENT

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. (1 indent ) Using a periodically moving element

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.. (2 indent ) With particular mount or driver for element

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... (3 indent ) Oscillating driver

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.... (4 indent ) Electrostatically driven

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.... (4 indent ) Electromagnetically driven

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.... (4 indent ) Electromechanically driven

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... (3 indent ) Bearing or shaft for rotary driver

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.... (4 indent ) Specific shaft material or structure (e.g., ceramic ring)

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....• (5 indent ) Grooved shaft

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.... (4 indent ) Fluid pressure bearing

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....• (5 indent ) Dynamic fluid bearing

200.6

... (3 indent ) Electrostatic driver

200.7

... (3 indent ) Electromagnetic driver

200.8

... (3 indent ) Electromechanical driver

201.1

.. (2 indent ) With multiple scanning elements (e.g., plural lenses, lens and prism, etc.)

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... (3 indent ) Reflective element (e.g., mirror, reflector, etc.)

202.1

... (3 indent ) X-Y scanners

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... (3 indent ) Having a common axis or rotation

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.. (2 indent ) Utilizing multiple light beams

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... (3 indent ) Including modulated light beam

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... (3 indent ) Including polarized light beam

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... (3 indent ) Having multiple light beams with visible wavelengths

204.5

... (3 indent ) With diffraction grating

205.1

.. (2 indent ) Post scanning optical element

206.1

... (3 indent ) High distortion lens (e.g., f-Theta lens)

207.1

... (3 indent ) Anamorphic elements

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.... (4 indent ) Having an aspheric surface

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....• (5 indent ) Multiple aspheric surfaces

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....•. (6 indent ) Multiple symmetrical aspheric surfaces

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....•. (6 indent ) Multiple nonsymmetrical aspheric surfaces

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... (3 indent ) Cylindrical or toric lens

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... (3 indent ) With diffraction portion or element

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... (3 indent ) With reflecting prism

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... (3 indent ) Polarized beam

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... (3 indent ) Thermal compensation

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... (3 indent ) Concave reflector

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.... (4 indent ) Aspheric reflector

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.. (2 indent ) Transmissive type moving element

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... (3 indent ) Moving lens

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.... (4 indent ) Rotational Lens

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... (3 indent ) Moving prism

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.... (4 indent ) Rotating prism

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....• (5 indent ) Multiple prisms

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.... (4 indent ) With angled axis of rotation

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.... (4 indent ) Rotating element

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.... (4 indent ) With diffraction grating

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.. (2 indent ) reflective type moving element

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... (3 indent ) Rotating reflective element

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... (3 indent ) Oscillating reflective element

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.... (4 indent ) Single plane mirror

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....• (5 indent ) With imaging lens

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... (3 indent ) Multifaceted rotating element

218.1

.... (4 indent ) Having six, seven, or eight facets

219.1

.... (4 indent ) Having five or fewer facets

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.... (4 indent ) Inclined reflective elements

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.... (4 indent ) With facet plane substantially parallel to rotating axis plane

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.... (4 indent ) With beam modulation

217.3

.... (4 indent ) Having vibration absorbing means

217.4

.... (4 indent ) With diffractive element

220.1

... (3 indent ) Rotation axis traversely oriented relative to reflective element

221.1

... (3 indent ) Having planar rotating reflector with co-planar axis of rotation

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. (1 indent ) With particular mount or drive for element

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.. (2 indent ) Bearing or shaft for rotary driver

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... (3 indent ) Specific shaft material or structure (e.g., ceramic ring)

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. (1 indent ) By frustrated total internal reflection

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. (1 indent ) By moving a reflective element

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.. (2 indent ) Reflective element moved by deformable support

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... (3 indent ) Modulated light beam

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.. (2 indent ) Pivotally or moving in circular arc

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.. (2 indent ) Rotating

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. (1 indent ) Pivotal or rotational element

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. (1 indent ) Fluid filled medium

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LIGHT CONTROL BY OPAQUE ELEMENT OR MEDIUM MOVABLE IN OR THROUGH LIGHT PATH

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. (1 indent ) Fluid

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. (1 indent ) With glare or flicker elimination

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. (1 indent ) Electro-mechanical

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.. (2 indent ) String or ribbon type

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. (1 indent ) Slit type

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. (1 indent ) With relative motion of two apertured elements

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. (1 indent ) With rotating or pivoting element (e.g., scanning discs)

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.. (2 indent ) Continuously rotating apertured element

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.. (2 indent ) Element rotates about axis perpendicular to light path

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OPTICAL MODULATOR

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. (1 indent ) Light wave temporal modulation (e.g., frequency, amplitude, etc.)

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.. (2 indent ) Modulator output feedback to modulator

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.. (2 indent ) Changing bulk optical parameter

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... (3 indent ) By actinic radiation (e.g., photochromic)

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.... (4 indent ) Display device

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.... (4 indent ) Bistable device

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.... (4 indent ) Opto-optical device

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... (3 indent ) Electro-optic

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.... (4 indent ) Modulation of polarized light via modulating input signal

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....• (5 indent ) Using reflective or cavity structure

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....•. (6 indent ) Semiconductor

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....• (5 indent ) Compensation technique

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....• (5 indent ) Using plural mediums

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....• (5 indent ) With particular direction of the field in relation to the medium, beam direction or polarization

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....• (5 indent ) With particular medium or state of the medium

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....•. (6 indent ) Liquid medium

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....• (5 indent ) With particular electrode structure or arrangement, or medium mounting structure or arrangement

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....• (5 indent ) With particular field

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....• (5 indent ) With birefringent element

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....• (5 indent ) Pockels cell

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....• (5 indent ) Kerr cell

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.... (4 indent ) Plural modulation cells

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.... (4 indent ) Etalon structure

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.... (4 indent ) Multiple reflections within cell

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.... (4 indent ) Excitation by electron beam

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.... (4 indent ) By reflection

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.... (4 indent ) Pulse modulation

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.... (4 indent ) Electrochromic

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....• (5 indent ) Particular nonplanar electrode arrangement

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....• (5 indent ) Reflection-type (e.g., display device)

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....•. (6 indent ) Complementary device

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....•. (6 indent ) Particular counter electrode

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....•. (6 indent ) Particular electrolyte layer

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....•. (6 indent ) Particular planar electrode pattern

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....•. (6 indent ) Liquid cell

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....•. (6 indent ) Particular electrochromic layer structure

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....•. (6 indent ) Diverse layer

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....• (5 indent ) Transmission-type (e.g., windows)

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.... (4 indent ) Amplitude modulation

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....• (5 indent ) Within display element

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.... (4 indent ) Frequency modulation

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.... (4 indent ) Phase modulation

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... (3 indent ) Magneto-optic

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.... (4 indent ) Modulation of polarized light via modulating input signal

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....• (5 indent ) Using layered structure or plural mediums

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....• (5 indent ) With particular direction of the field in relation to the medium, beam direction or polarization

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.... (4 indent ) Amplitude modulation

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... (3 indent ) Acousto-optic

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.... (4 indent ) Amplitude modulation

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.... (4 indent ) Frequency modulation

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... (3 indent ) Thermo-optic

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.... (4 indent ) Amplitude modulation

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.. (2 indent ) By changing physical characteristics (e.g., shape, size or contours) of an optical element

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... (3 indent ) Shape or contour of light control surface altered

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.... (4 indent ) Light control surface forms image on projected light beam

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....• (5 indent ) Electron beam causes surface alteration

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.... (4 indent ) Using photoconductive layer

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.... (4 indent ) Having multiple electrodes

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... (3 indent ) Changing position or orientation of suspended particles

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... (3 indent ) Light control surface formed or destroyed

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. (1 indent ) Light wave directional modulation (e.g., deflection or scanning is representative of the modulating signal)

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.. (2 indent ) Opto-optical device

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.. (2 indent ) Phase conjugate

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.. (2 indent ) Acting on polarized light

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... (3 indent ) Using reflecting or cavity structure

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... (3 indent ) Using more than one polarization (e.g., digital)

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... (3 indent ) Using single polarization

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.. (2 indent ) Acousto-optic

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... (3 indent ) Correlation or convolution

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... (3 indent ) Utilizing optical feedback

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... (3 indent ) Filter

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... (3 indent ) Acting on polychromatic light

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... (3 indent ) Plural cell array

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... (3 indent ) Plural transducers on single cell

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... (3 indent ) Single transducer generating composite plural frequency acoustic wave

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... (3 indent ) Particular cell shape

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... (3 indent ) Particular cell orientation

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.. (2 indent ) Electro-optic

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... (3 indent ) Plural modulation cells

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... (3 indent ) Multiple reflections within cell

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... (3 indent ) By reflection

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... (3 indent ) Focusing

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... (3 indent ) Switching

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. (1 indent ) Having particular chemical composition or structure

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.. (2 indent ) Electro-optic crystal material

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... (3 indent ) PLZT material

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.. (2 indent ) Magneto-optic crystal material

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OPTICAL DEMODULATOR

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OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERTER

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. (1 indent ) Raman type

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. (1 indent ) Harmonic generator

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.. (2 indent ) Third harmonic

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. (1 indent ) Parametric oscillator

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. (1 indent ) Optical laser acoustic delay line type

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. (1 indent ) Dielectric optical waveguide type

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OPTICAL AMPLIFIER

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. (1 indent ) Raman or Brillouin process

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. (1 indent ) Free electron

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. (1 indent ) Bistable

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. (1 indent ) Correction of deleterious effects

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.. (2 indent ) Spectral gain flattening or equalization

337.11

... (3 indent ) Feedback

337.12

.... (4 indent ) Using number of signals

337.13

.... (4 indent ) Adjusting input signal power

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.. (2 indent ) Filtering (e.g., noise)

337.21

... (3 indent ) Grating

337.22

... (3 indent ) Interferometer or interference

337.3

.. (2 indent ) Additional dopant or host composition

337.4

.. (2 indent ) Complementary, adjusting stages

337.5

. (1 indent ) Dispersion compensation

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.. (2 indent ) Using phase conjugation

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.. (2 indent ) Using saturable or spatial filter

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. (1 indent ) Mode locked

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. (1 indent ) Optical fiber

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.. (2 indent ) Bi-directional

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.. (2 indent ) Pumping

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... (3 indent ) Operating frequency

341.32

... (3 indent ) Radiation routing

341.33

... (3 indent ) With multiple systems

341.4

.. (2 indent ) Feedback

341.41

... (3 indent ) Automatic Gain Control (AGC)

341.42

... (3 indent ) Automatic Level Control (ALC)

341.43

... (3 indent ) Surge protection

341.44

... (3 indent ) Fault detection

341.5

.. (2 indent ) Composition (e.g., Tm, Tb, Eu, Ho, Dy, Nd)

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. (1 indent ) Particular active medium (e.g., crystal, plasma, fluid, etc.)

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.. (2 indent ) Glass (amorphous)

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.. (2 indent ) Semiconductor

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. (1 indent ) Particular pumping type (e.g., electrical, optical, nuclear, magnetic, etc.)

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. (1 indent ) Particular resonator cavity (e.g., scanning, confocal or folded mirrors, etc.)

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. (1 indent ) Multiple pass

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.. (2 indent ) Regenerative

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. (1 indent ) Beam combination or separation

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HAVING SIGNIFICANT INFRARED OR ULTRAVIOLET PROPERTY

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. (1 indent ) Having folded optical path

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. (1 indent ) Having polarizing element

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. (1 indent ) Including alternative optical path or optical element (e.g., day-night, hi-low magnification)

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. (1 indent ) Including continuously variable magnification or focal length (zoom lens, adjustable lens)

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. (1 indent ) Lens, lens system or component

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.. (2 indent ) Infrared lens

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... (3 indent ) Having four or more components

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. (1 indent ) Fluid filter or fluid mirror

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. (1 indent ) Multilayer filter or multilayer reflector

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.. (2 indent ) Having metal layer

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. (1 indent ) Having ultraviolet absorbing or shielding property

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COMPOUND LENS SYSTEM

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. (1 indent ) With image recorder

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. (1 indent ) With curved reflective imaging element

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.. (2 indent ) Two or more in a series

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... (3 indent ) Concave, convex combination

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. (1 indent ) Right angle inspector

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. (1 indent ) Microscope

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.. (2 indent ) With viewed screen

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.. (2 indent ) Interference

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... (3 indent ) Using polarized light

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.. (2 indent ) With plural optical axes

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... (3 indent ) Side-by-side fields

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... (3 indent ) Plural oculars

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.... (4 indent ) Binocular

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....• (5 indent ) Stereoscopic

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....•. (6 indent ) With single or parallel objectives

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....•.. (7 indent ) For viewing stereo pairs

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.. (2 indent ) Spacing of optical elements axially adjustable

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... (3 indent ) Variable magnification

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.. (2 indent ) Imaging elements movable in and out of optical axis

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.. (2 indent ) Entire microscope adjustable along optical axis

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... (3 indent ) Focus adjustment

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.. (2 indent ) With rotatable adjustment

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.. (2 indent ) Illuminator

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... (3 indent ) Using polarized light

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... (3 indent ) With annular lighting structure

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... (3 indent ) With optical switching means

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... (3 indent ) With illumination and viewing paths coaxial at the image field

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... (3 indent ) With illuminator support

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.. (2 indent ) Stage or slide carrier

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... (3 indent ) Adjustable along optical axis

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... (3 indent ) With plural transverse movements

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... (3 indent ) With turntable

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... (3 indent ) With temperature control

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.. (2 indent ) Transparent slide

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... (3 indent ) Reference lines or grids

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... (3 indent ) Specimen cavity or chamber

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. (1 indent ) Telescope

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.. (2 indent ) With viewed screen

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.. (2 indent ) With image anti-rotation

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.. (2 indent ) Periscope

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... (3 indent ) With plural optical axes

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.... (4 indent ) Binocular

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... (3 indent ) With mechanical adjustment

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.... (4 indent ) Extensible structure

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.. (2 indent ) Binocular

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... (3 indent ) Foldable or collapsible

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... (3 indent ) Body supported or with handle

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.... (4 indent ) With focusing means

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.... (4 indent ) With adjustable interocular distance

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... (3 indent ) With adjustable interocular distance

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.... (4 indent ) Oculars swing about central axis

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....• (5 indent ) Spacing of optical elements axially adjustable

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.... (4 indent ) Oculars rotate about separate axes

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....• (5 indent ) Spacing of optical elements axially adjustable

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.... (4 indent ) Spacing of optical elements axially adjustable

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... (3 indent ) Spacing of optical elements axially adjustable

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.. (2 indent ) With plural optical axes

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... (3 indent ) Plural magnification in same viewing field

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.. (2 indent ) Selectable magnification

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.. (2 indent ) Variable magnification

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.. (2 indent ) With relay

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... (3 indent ) With reticle

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.. (2 indent ) Focusing or relatively sliding barrels

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... (3 indent ) Internal focusing

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... (3 indent ) With reticle

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.. (2 indent ) With reticle

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.. (2 indent ) With line of sight adjustment

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... (3 indent ) Equatorial mount

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.. (2 indent ) With prism or U-shaped optical path

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. (1 indent ) Variable magnification

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. (1 indent ) With tilted lens or tilted image plane

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. (1 indent ) With relay

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.. (2 indent ) Repetitious lens structure

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SCALE OR INDICIA READING

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. (1 indent ) Polarizer

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. (1 indent ) Prism

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. (1 indent ) Mirror

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. (1 indent ) Lens

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.. (2 indent ) Movable or adjustable

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... (3 indent ) Along scale or indicia

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PROJECTION SCREEN

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. (1 indent ) With sound producer

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. (1 indent ) Acoustical

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. (1 indent ) Moving during projection

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. (1 indent ) Tracing (e.g., camera lucida, etc.)

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. (1 indent ) With lens (e.g., camera obscura, etc.)

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. (1 indent ) With reflector or additional screen

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. (1 indent ) Border, mask, shade, or curtain

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. (1 indent ) Curved

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. (1 indent ) Embedded particles

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.. (2 indent ) Rear projection screen

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. (1 indent ) Unitary sheet comprising plural refracting areas

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.. (2 indent ) Lenticular

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... (3 indent ) Rear projection screen

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.... (4 indent ) With Fresnel lens

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... (3 indent ) Stereoscopic imaging or three dimensional imaging

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. (1 indent ) Unitary sheet comprising plural reflecting areas

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. (1 indent ) Rear projection screen

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. (1 indent ) Roll up screen

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STEREOSCOPIC

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. (1 indent ) Having record with lenticular surface

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. (1 indent ) With right and left channel discriminator (e.g., polarized or colored light)

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.. (2 indent ) Using polarized light

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. (1 indent ) Stereo-viewers

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.. (2 indent ) View changers

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... (3 indent ) Picture moves linearly past viewing aperture

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.... (4 indent ) Using film strips

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.. (2 indent ) Compensates for camera position (e.g., plotting or mapping type)

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.. (2 indent ) Reflected line of sight

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... (3 indent ) Pictures offset, transposed or have respective right or left sides adjacent

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.. (2 indent ) Ocular spacing or angle between ocular axes adjustable

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.. (2 indent ) Collapsible

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.. (2 indent ) Having illumination

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.. (2 indent ) Ocular to picture distance adjustable

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.. (2 indent ) Supporting, mounting, enclosing or light shielding structure

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RELIEF ILLUSION

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. (1 indent ) Reflected line of sight

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BINOCULAR DEVICES

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. (1 indent ) Binocular loupe type

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. (1 indent ) Reflected line of sight

483.01

POLARIZATION WITHOUT MODULATION

484.01

. (1 indent ) Polarization using a time invariant electric, magnetic, or electromagnetic field (e.g. electro-optical, magneto-optical)

484.02

.. (2 indent ) Faraday effect

484.03

... (3 indent ) Isolator

484.04

.... (4 indent ) With reflector

484.05

... (3 indent ) Circulator

484.06

... (3 indent ) Optical switch

484.07

... (3 indent ) Interleaver

484.08

... (3 indent ) Attenuator

484.09

... (3 indent ) Interference or comb filter

484.1

... (3 indent ) With particular Faraday effect material

485.01

. (1 indent ) Polarization by reflection or refraction

485.02

.. (2 indent ) Brewster angle polarizer (reflective or transmissive)

485.03

.. (2 indent ) Multilayer polarizer

485.04

... (3 indent ) Pile-of-plates polarizer

485.05

.. (2 indent ) Wire grid polarizer

485.06

.. (2 indent ) Prism

485.07

.. (2 indent ) Mirror

486.01

. (1 indent ) Polarization (direction or magnitude) variation over surface of the medium

486.02

.. (2 indent ) Linear variation

486.03

.. (2 indent ) Radial variation

487.01

. (1 indent ) Polarizarion by dichroism

487.02

.. (2 indent ) With stain or dye

487.03

.. (2 indent ) Wire grid polarizer

487.04

.. (2 indent ) Wavelength-selective beamsplitter

487.05

.. (2 indent ) Having plural elements

487.06

.. (2 indent ) Oriented particles

488.01

. (1 indent ) Glare prevention by discriminating against polarized light

489.01

. (1 indent ) Polarization by birefringence

489.02

.. (2 indent ) With compensation techniques

489.03

... (3 indent ) Intrinsic birefringence or photoelastic (stress) effect

489.04

... (3 indent ) Temperature

489.05

... (3 indent ) Path length

489.06

.. (2 indent ) Form birefringent element

489.07

.. (2 indent ) Waveplate or retarder

489.08

.. (2 indent ) Beam deflector or splitter

489.09

... (3 indent ) Prism

489.1

.... (4 indent ) Adjustible element(s)

489.11

... (3 indent ) Film or layer

489.12

.... (4 indent ) Uniaxial

489.13

.... (4 indent ) Biaxial

489.14

.. (2 indent ) Lens

489.15

.. (2 indent ) Plural birefringent elements

489.16

... (3 indent ) Three or more birefringent elements

489.17

... (3 indent ) In parallel

489.18

... (3 indent ) With lenses

489.19

... (3 indent ) Frequency filter or interference effects

489.2

.. (2 indent ) Mounting structure

490.01

. (1 indent ) By relatively adjustable superimposed or in series polarizers

490.02

.. (2 indent ) Rotating elements

490.03

.. (2 indent ) Translating or sliding elements

491.01

. (1 indent ) With color filter

492.01

. (1 indent ) Polarization by optical activity

493.01

. (1 indent ) Polarization by scattering

494.01

. (1 indent ) Depolarization

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EXTENDED SPACING STRUCTURE FOR OPTICAL ELEMENTS

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. (1 indent ) Wide angle (e.g., door peep)

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. (1 indent ) With screen or reticle in real image plane

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. (1 indent ) Extension of tubular element adjustable

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PROTECTION FROM MOISTURE OR FOREIGN PARTICLE

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. (1 indent ) Optical element rotates

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. (1 indent ) Fluid directed across optical element

510

. (1 indent ) Microscope drape

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. (1 indent ) Cap or cover

512

. (1 indent ) Humidity or temperature control

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. (1 indent ) Sealing

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.. (2 indent ) Mirror, prism or signal reflector

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SIGNAL REFLECTOR

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. (1 indent ) Body carried

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.. (2 indent ) Worn by hand or wrist

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.. (2 indent ) Permanently fixed to clothing

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.. (2 indent ) Worn over clothing

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. (1 indent ) Moving

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.. (2 indent ) Pedal mounted

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.. (2 indent ) Rotating

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... (3 indent ) Spoke mounted

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... (3 indent ) Tire, wheel, valve stem, hub cap, or axle mounted

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... (3 indent ) Wind driven

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.. (2 indent ) Vibration

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. (1 indent ) For a signal source remote from observer

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. (1 indent ) Light transmitting from source behind a reflector

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. (1 indent ) 3-Corner retroreflective (i.e., cube corner, trihedral, or triple reflector type)

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.. (2 indent ) Unitary plate or sheet comprising plural reflecting elements

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... (3 indent ) Mounted on roadway

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... (3 indent ) Mounted adjacent roadway

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... (3 indent ) Mounted on vehicle

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. (1 indent ) Including a curved refracting surface

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.. (2 indent ) Within individual indentations

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.. (2 indent ) Minute transparent spheres

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... (3 indent ) Directional reflection (e.g., prevent viewing unless critical angle of light is used)

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... (3 indent ) On flexible substrate (e.g., flexible sheeting, bumper sticker, etc.)

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... (3 indent ) Mixture in liquid binder (e.g., paint, resin)

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... (3 indent ) Placed on top of binder (e.g., resin, asphalt, glue, etc.)

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.... (4 indent ) With single transparent coating between spheres and atmosphere

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.. (2 indent ) Plural refracting elements formed as a unitary mass

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.. (2 indent ) With individual reflector element mount

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... (3 indent ) Including a snap, spring clip, or spring retainer

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... (3 indent ) Including a threaded member

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. (1 indent ) Discrete reflecting elements formed as a unitary mass

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.. (2 indent ) Mounted on or adjacent roadway

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.. (2 indent ) Mounted on vehicle

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. (1 indent ) Rigidly mounted on vehicle

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.. (2 indent ) Bicycle or motorcycle

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. (1 indent ) Mounted on roadway

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. (1 indent ) Mounted adjacent roadway

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. (1 indent ) Emergency or temporary reflectors (i.e., portable self standing)

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IMAGE STABILIZATION

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. (1 indent ) By movable reflective structure

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.. (2 indent ) Having plural reflecting surfaces

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. (1 indent ) By movable refractive structure

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DIFFRACTION

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. (1 indent ) Using Fourier transform spatial filtering

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.. (2 indent ) For convolution (cross-correlation)

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.. (2 indent ) For correlation

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.. (2 indent ) For changing zeroth order intensity

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.. (2 indent ) With diffraction grating

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.. (2 indent ) With photographic media

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. (1 indent ) From zone plate

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. (1 indent ) From grating

567

.. (2 indent ) For ornamental effect or display

568

.. (2 indent ) For diffractive subtractive filtering

569

.. (2 indent ) Including particular grating characteristic

570

... (3 indent ) Nonplanar grating substrate (e.g., concave)

571

... (3 indent ) Echelette or blazed grating

572

... (3 indent ) Reflection grating (e.g., retrodirective)

573

... (3 indent ) Variable grating

574

... (3 indent ) With curved or geometrically shaped corrugation

575

... (3 indent ) With nonuniform corrugation width, spacing, or depth

576

... (3 indent ) Laminated or layered

577

LIGHT INTERFERENCE

578

. (1 indent ) Electrically or mechanically variable (e.g., tunable, adjustable)

579

.. (2 indent ) By nonmovable driving element (e.g., piezoelectric, magnetostrictive)

580

. (1 indent ) Produced by coating or lamina

581

.. (2 indent ) By transmissive coating on lens

582

.. (2 indent ) Layer having specified nonoptical property

583

.. (2 indent ) Beam splitter or combiner

584

.. (2 indent ) Reflector

585

.. (2 indent ) Including metal or conductive layer

586

.. (2 indent ) Layers having specified index of refraction

587

... (3 indent ) Plural layer groups lateral in parallel light paths

588

... (3 indent ) Filter having four or more layers

589

.. (2 indent ) Selective wavelength transmission or reflection

590

... (3 indent ) Having another filter

591

BUILDING INTERIOR ILLUMINATION WITH REFLECTED, REFRACTED OR PREDETERMINED ANGLE OF ENTRANCE OF OUTSIDE LIGHT

592

. (1 indent ) Unitary light transmitting member comprising plural reflecting or refracting elements

593

.. (2 indent ) Plural members in series

594

.. (2 indent ) Elements on two sides of member

595

.. (2 indent ) With internal reflections

596

. (1 indent ) Slats or strips

597

. (1 indent ) With reflection

598

.. (2 indent ) Internal reflection in single optical element

599

DIFFUSING OF INCIDENT LIGHT

600

BARREL END EYE GUARD (E.G., SHIELD OR CUSHION, ETC.)

601

GLARE OR UNWANTED LIGHT REDUCTION

602

. (1 indent ) With mirror (e.g., mirror with glare screen, etc.)

603

.. (2 indent ) Anti-glare mirror

604

... (3 indent ) Adjustable

605

.... (4 indent ) Plural reflecting surfaces

606

....• (5 indent ) Prismoidal

607

....• (5 indent ) Reversible

608

.... (4 indent ) Translucent or other semitransmitting panel selectively positioned in front of mirror

609

. (1 indent ) Display window

610

. (1 indent ) With blind for nonviewing eye

611

. (1 indent ) Barrel end or lens mount shade

612

.. (2 indent ) Collapsible or foldable

613

. (1 indent ) Directional or angular discrimination

614

. (1 indent ) With absorption means

615

LIGHT DISPERSION

616

KALEIDOSCOPE

617

. (1 indent ) Including particles loosely housed for agitation

618

SINGLE CHANNEL SIMULTANEOUSLY TO OR FROM PLURAL CHANNELS (E.G., LIGHT DIVIDING, COMBINING, OR PLURAL IMAGE FORMING, ETC.)

619

. (1 indent ) By surface composed of lenticular elements

620

.. (2 indent ) Having particular composition

621

.. (2 indent ) Plural lenticular plates

622

... (3 indent ) Serially disposed along optic axis

623

.... (4 indent ) Cylindrical lenslets

624

....• (5 indent ) Having crossed axes

625

.. (2 indent ) Focusing or defocusing by noncurved surfaces (e.g., prismatic, etc.)

626

.. (2 indent ) Particular focusing or defocusing characteristic

627

.. (2 indent ) Reflective

628

.. (2 indent ) Noncircular cross section

629

. (1 indent ) By partial reflection at beam splitting or combining surface

630

.. (2 indent ) Superimposing visual information on observers field of view (e.g., head-up arrangement, etc.)

631

... (3 indent ) Including curved reflector

632

... (3 indent ) Rotatable heads-up device or combiner

633

... (3 indent ) With additional reflector (e.g., serial reflections, etc.)

634

.. (2 indent ) Wavelength selective (e.g., dichroic mirror, etc.)

635

.. (2 indent ) Drawing or plotting aid

636

.. (2 indent ) Including full reflection and transmission of a beam at different portions of a beam divider

637

.. (2 indent ) With path length or aberration correcting element

638

.. (2 indent ) With partial reflection at a surface of a prism

639

. (1 indent ) By refraction at beam splitting or combining surface

640

.. (2 indent ) Including prismatic element

641

COLLIMATING OF LIGHT BEAM

642

LENS

643

. (1 indent ) Eyepiece

644

.. (2 indent ) Having four components

645

.. (2 indent ) Having three components

646

.. (2 indent ) Having two components

647

.. (2 indent ) Having one component

648

. (1 indent ) With field curvature shaping

649

.. (2 indent ) Projection type

650

... (3 indent ) Having four components

651

... (3 indent ) Having less than four components

652

. (1 indent ) With graded refractive index

653

.. (2 indent ) Having an axial gradient

654

.. (2 indent ) Having a radial gradient

655

... (3 indent ) In a variable media (e.g., gas, elastomer, etc.)

656

. (1 indent ) Microscope objective

657

.. (2 indent ) Having seven components

658

.. (2 indent ) Having six components

659

.. (2 indent ) Having five components

660

.. (2 indent ) Having four components

661

.. (2 indent ) Having less than four components

662

. (1 indent ) High distortion lens (e.g., f0, etc.)

663

. (1 indent ) Telecentric system

664

. (1 indent ) Spherical

665

. (1 indent ) Fluid

666

.. (2 indent ) With variable magnification

667

.. (2 indent ) With gas

668

. (1 indent ) Anamorphic

669

.. (2 indent ) With prism anamorphoser

670

.. (2 indent ) Variable magnification anamorphoser

671

.. (2 indent ) Having four or more components

672

. (1 indent ) Selective magnification by exchanging or adding a lens component

673

.. (2 indent ) To the front of a basic lens

674

.. (2 indent ) To the middle of a basic lens

675

.. (2 indent ) To the rear of a basic lens

676

. (1 indent ) With variable magnification (e.g., zoom type)

677

.. (2 indent ) Optically compensated

678

.. (2 indent ) Prism lens type

679

.. (2 indent ) With fixed conjugates

680

.. (2 indent ) Reverse telephoto

681

... (3 indent ) Having eight or nine components

682

... (3 indent ) Having seven or less components

683

.. (2 indent ) With mechanical compensation

684

... (3 indent ) Other than first group moves for focusing (internal focus type)

685

... (3 indent ) Nonlinear variator/compensator movements

686

... (3 indent ) Four groups

687

.... (4 indent ) + - + + Arrangement

688

.... (4 indent ) + - - + Arrangement

689

... (3 indent ) Three groups

690

.... (4 indent ) + - + Arrangement

691

... (3 indent ) Two groups

692

.... (4 indent ) + - Arrangement

693

... (3 indent ) With macro-type focusing

694

.. (2 indent ) Adjusting mechanism

695

... (3 indent ) Three or more movable lens groups

696

... (3 indent ) Motor driven

697

.... (4 indent ) Condition responsive

698

....• (5 indent ) Auto focusing

699

... (3 indent ) Having cam device

700

.... (4 indent ) Cam groove type

701

.... (4 indent ) Cam ring type or zoom ring type

702

... (3 indent ) With adjustment lock

703

... (3 indent ) With specified mount

704

.... (4 indent ) Having detail of barrel

705

... (3 indent ) With macro type focusing

706

.... (4 indent ) With specific ring means

707

. (1 indent ) Diffusing

708

. (1 indent ) Including a nonspherical surface

709

.. (2 indent ) Conical

710

.. (2 indent ) Cylindrical

711

.. (2 indent ) Toroidal

712

.. (2 indent ) Paraboloidal

713

.. (2 indent ) Having six components

714

.. (2 indent ) Having five components

715

.. (2 indent ) Having four components

716

.. (2 indent ) Having three components

717

.. (2 indent ) Having two components

718

.. (2 indent ) Having one component

719

... (3 indent ) Objective for laser (e.g., optical disc, etc.)

720

. (1 indent ) Asymmetric (e.g., prismatic or eccentric, etc.)

721

. (1 indent ) Plural focal length

722

. (1 indent ) Selective wavelength transmitting or blocking

723

.. (2 indent ) With separate filter

724

. (1 indent ) Annular zonal correcting

725

. (1 indent ) Panoramic

726

. (1 indent ) With reflecting element

727

.. (2 indent ) Including concave or convex reflecting surface

728

... (3 indent ) With aspheric surface (e.g., Schmidt lens, etc.)

729

.... (4 indent ) With concave and convex reflectors in series

730

... (3 indent ) Reflectors in series

731

.... (4 indent ) With concave and convex reflectors in series

732

.. (2 indent ) For producing a double pass

733

.. (2 indent ) Multiple component lenses

734

... (3 indent ) Four components

735

... (3 indent ) Three components

736

... (3 indent ) Two components

737

. (1 indent ) With diverse refracting element

738

. (1 indent ) With light limiting or controlling means

739

.. (2 indent ) Diaphragm

740

... (3 indent ) Between lens components

741

. (1 indent ) With multipart element

742

.. (2 indent ) Echelon (e.g., Fresnel lens, etc.)

743

... (3 indent ) Having curvilinear lens

744

. (1 indent ) Afocal (e.g., Galilean telescopes, etc.)

745

. (1 indent ) Telephoto

746

.. (2 indent ) With five components

747

.. (2 indent ) With four components

748

.. (2 indent ) With less than four components

749

. (1 indent ) Reverse telephoto

750

.. (2 indent ) With eight components

751

.. (2 indent ) With seven components

752

.. (2 indent ) With six components

753

.. (2 indent ) With five or less components

754

. (1 indent ) Multiple component lenses

755

.. (2 indent ) Seven components

756

.. (2 indent ) Six components

757

... (3 indent ) First component positive

758

.... (4 indent ) + - + + - + Arrangement

759

.... (4 indent ) First two components positive

760

....• (5 indent ) + + - - + + Arrangement

761

... (3 indent ) First component negative

762

.... (4 indent ) First two components negative

763

.. (2 indent ) Five components

764

... (3 indent ) First component positive

765

.... (4 indent ) + - - + + Arrangement

766

.... (4 indent ) + - + - + Arrangement

767

.... (4 indent ) First two components positive

768

....• (5 indent ) + + - - + Arrangement

769

....• (5 indent ) + + - + + Arrangement

770

... (3 indent ) First component negative

771

.. (2 indent ) Four components

772

... (3 indent ) First component positive

773

.... (4 indent ) + - + - Arrangement

774

.... (4 indent ) + - + + Arrangement

775

.... (4 indent ) + - - + Arrangement

776

....• (5 indent ) With multiple element component

777

....•. (6 indent ) Infinite radius

778

....•. (6 indent ) Having a biconvex single element component

779

.... (4 indent ) + + - + Arrangement

780

.... (4 indent ) + + + - Arrangement

781

... (3 indent ) First component negative

782

.... (4 indent ) - + + - Arrangement

783

.... (4 indent ) - + + + Arrangement

784

.. (2 indent ) Three components

785

... (3 indent ) + - + Arrangement

786

.... (4 indent ) With multiple element first component

787

.... (4 indent ) With multiple element second component

788

.... (4 indent ) With multiple element third component

789

.... (4 indent ) With first component biconvex

790

.... (4 indent ) With third component biconvex

791

... (3 indent ) + + - Arrangement

792

... (3 indent ) + + + Arrangement

793

.. (2 indent ) Two components

794

... (3 indent ) + + Arrangement

795

... (3 indent ) + - Arrangement

796

. (1 indent ) Single component with multiple elements

797

.. (2 indent ) Three or more elements

798

. (1 indent ) With viewed object or viewed field illumination

799

.. (2 indent ) Illuminating beam coaxial with lens axis

800

.. (2 indent ) Illumination through lens

801

.. (2 indent ) With viewed object support

802

.. (2 indent ) Magnifier

803

... (3 indent ) Hand held

804

. (1 indent ) With viewed object support

805

.. (2 indent ) On lens supporting handle

806

.. (2 indent ) Relatively movable informatory sheet and lens (e.g., reading machine, etc.)

807

.. (2 indent ) Flat opaque document or picture

808

. (1 indent ) With lens casing

809

. (1 indent ) Combined with diverse art tool, instrument or machine

810

.. (2 indent ) Operation viewed through lens

811

. (1 indent ) With support

812

.. (2 indent ) With additional handle

813

.. (2 indent ) Lens movable in its plane

814

... (3 indent ) Electromagnetic motive power

815

.. (2 indent ) Body or apparel attached or carried

816

... (3 indent ) Monocular loupe type

817

.. (2 indent ) Foldable or collapsible

818

.. (2 indent ) With clamp or grip

819

.. (2 indent ) Lens mounts

820

... (3 indent ) With temperature compensation or control

821

... (3 indent ) Plural lenses in common carrier selectively operable (e.g., turret type, etc.)

822

... (3 indent ) Adjustable

823

.... (4 indent ) With axial adjustment (e.g., adjustable focus, etc.)

824

....• (5 indent ) Electromagnetic or piezoelectric drive

825

....• (5 indent ) Focusing ring

826

....• (5 indent ) Sliding barrels

827

... (3 indent ) Detachably attached (e.g., plate, barrel, etc.)

828

.... (4 indent ) Bayonet coupling

829

... (3 indent ) With threads

830

... (3 indent ) With ring

831

PRISM (INCLUDING MOUNT)

832

. (1 indent ) Fluid filled

833

. (1 indent ) With reflecting surface

834

.. (2 indent ) Plural reflecting surfaces

835

... (3 indent ) For binocular or porro-prism

836

... (3 indent ) Roof or roof-angle

837

. (1 indent ) With refracting surface

838

MIRROR

839

. (1 indent ) With a transmitting property

840

. (1 indent ) Back to back

841

. (1 indent ) Retractable vehicle mirror

842

. (1 indent ) Mounted on vehicle having handlebars (e.g., bicycle, motorcycle, etc.)

843

. (1 indent ) Automatically adjustable in response to vehicle position, control, or indicator

844

. (1 indent ) On adjustable diverse vehicle portion or accessory

845

. (1 indent ) Fluid cooled mirror

846

. (1 indent ) Including specified control or retention of the shape of a mirror surface

847

.. (2 indent ) Membrane mirror in mechanical contact only at its edge

848

.. (2 indent ) With structure to minimize internal mirror stress

849

.. (2 indent ) Including a plurality of adjustable mirror supports

850

. (1 indent ) Plural mirrors or reflecting surfaces

851

.. (2 indent ) Composite or echelon mirrors or light concentrating array

852

... (3 indent ) With a line focus

853

... (3 indent ) Light concentrating (e.g., heliostat, etc.), concave, or paraboloidal structure

854

.. (2 indent ) Identical side mirrors adjustable with respect to a central mirror

855

.. (2 indent ) Identical adjacent mirrors identically supported

856

... (3 indent ) With successive reflections

857

.. (2 indent ) With successive reflections

858

... (3 indent ) Including curved mirror surfaces in series

859

.... (4 indent ) With concave and convex mirrors in series

860

... (3 indent ) To view observer

861

... (3 indent ) With three or more successive reflections

862

... (3 indent ) Including an adjustable mirror

863

.... (4 indent ) Including a curved mirror

864

.. (2 indent ) Including adjacent plane and curved mirrors

865

.. (2 indent ) Relatively adjustable

866

.. (2 indent ) Wide angle segmented mirrors

867

. (1 indent ) Concave cylindrical or providing a line focus

868

. (1 indent ) With mirror surface of varied radius

869

.. (2 indent ) Concave

870

. (1 indent ) Fracture resistant (e.g., shatterproof, etc.)

871

. (1 indent ) With support

872

.. (2 indent ) Mirror movable relative to support

873

... (3 indent ) With rotary to linear motion converting mirror adjustment

874

.... (4 indent ) With rotation of mirror about perpendicular axes

875

... (3 indent ) With a rigid handle extending to or near a mirror pivot

876

... (3 indent ) With rotation of mirror about perpendicular axes

877

... (3 indent ) With switch or motor controlling mirror movement

878

.... (4 indent ) Fluid pressure actuated

879

... (3 indent ) Body or apparel mirror support

880

.... (4 indent ) Having support or apparel engaging head or neck

881

... (3 indent ) With mirror supporting column or sliding adjustment

882

.. (2 indent ) With handle

883

.. (2 indent ) Laminated or layered mirror support

884

. (1 indent ) With selective absorption or transparent overcoating

885

ABSORPTION FILTER

886

. (1 indent ) Fluid

887

. (1 indent ) Sequentially additive

888

. (1 indent ) Neutral or graded density

889

. (1 indent ) Movable in or out of optical path

890

. (1 indent ) Superimposed or series

891

. (1 indent ) Filters in optical parallel (e.g., colors side-by-side, etc.)

892

. (1 indent ) With support or frame

893

SCREEN (E.G., HALFTONE SCREEN, ETC.)

894

OPTICAL APERTURE OR TUBE, OR TRANSPARENT CLOSURE

895

. (1 indent ) Submerged object viewer

896

MISCELLANEOUS

	CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS

900

METHODS

901

ACOUSTIC HOLOGRAPHY

902

HOLOGRAPHIC INTERFEROMETER

903

WITH MAGNET

904

MICRO MIRROR

	FOREIGN ART COLLECTIONS

FOR000

CLASS-RELATED FOREIGN DOCUMENTS

Any foreign patents or non-patent literature from subclasses that have been reclassified have been transferred directly to FOR Collections listed below. These Collections contain ONLY foreign patents or non-patent literature. The parenthetical references in the Collection titles refer to the abolished subclasses from which these Collections were derived.

FOR100

DEFLECTING USING A MOVING ELEMENT OR MEDIUM (OFFSETTING OR CHANGING AT LEAST A PORTION OF THE BEAM) (359/196)

FOR101

. (1 indent ) Using a periodically moving element (periodic change of optically reflecting, refracting or diffracting element) (359/197)

FOR102

.. (2 indent ) Particular mount or driver for element (359/198)

FOR103

... (3 indent ) Particular oscillating driver (359/199)

FOR104

... (3 indent ) Bearing or shaft for rotary driver (359/200)

FOR105

.. (2 indent ) Plural moving scanning elements (359/201)

FOR106

... (3 indent ) X-Y scanner (359/202)

FOR107

... (3 indent ) Having a common axis of rotation (359/203)

FOR108

.. (2 indent ) Utilizing plural light beams (359/204)

FOR109

.. (2 indent ) Having particular focusing element to receive scanned light (359/205)

FOR110

... (3 indent ) High distortion lens (e.g., fQ lens, etc.) (359/206)

FOR111

... (3 indent ) Anamorphic element (359/207)

FOR112

... (3 indent ) Concave reflector (359/208)

FOR113

.. (2 indent ) Including transmissive type moving element (359/209)

FOR114

... (3 indent ) Having moving lens (359/210)

FOR115

... (3 indent ) Having moving prism (359/211)

FOR116

.. (2 indent ) Including reflective type moving element (359/212)

FOR117

... (3 indent ) Having oscillating element (359/213)

FOR118

.... (4 indent ) Single plane mirror element (359/214)

FOR119

....• (5 indent ) With imaging lens (359/215)

FOR120

... (3 indent ) Having multifaceted rotating element (359/216)

FOR121

.... (4 indent ) With facets parallel to rotation axis (359/217)

FOR122

....• (5 indent ) Having six, seven, or eight facets (359/218)

FOR123

....• (5 indent ) Having five or fewer facets (359/219)

FOR124

... (3 indent ) Having planar rotating reflector with transverse rotation axis (359/220)

FOR125

... (3 indent ) Having planar rotating reflector with rotation axis in its plane (359/221)

FOR126

. (1 indent ) By frustrated total internal reflection (359/222)

FOR127

. (1 indent ) By moving a reflective element (359/223)

FOR128

.. (2 indent ) Reflective element moved by deformable support (359/234)

FOR129

.. (2 indent ) Pivoting or moving in circular arc (359/225)

FOR130

.. (2 indent ) Rotating (359/226)

FOR131

POLARIZATION WITHOUT MODULATION (359/483)

FOR132

. (1 indent ) Time invariant electric, magnetic, or electromagnetic field responsive (e.g., electro-optical, magneto-optical) (359/484)

FOR133

. (1 indent ) Light polarization without any external input (359/485)

FOR134

.. (2 indent ) By grid or dipoles (359/486)

FOR135

.. (2 indent ) By reflection or refraction (e.g., Brewster angle) (359/487)

FOR136

... (3 indent ) With particular medium (359/488)

FOR137

.. (2 indent ) Polarization (direction or magnitude) varies over surface of the medium (e.g., vectograph) (359/489)

FOR138

.. (2 indent ) By dichroic medium (359/490)

FOR139

... (3 indent ) Stain or dye (359/491)

FOR140

... (3 indent ) Oriented particles (359/492)

FOR141

.. (2 indent ) Glare prevention by discriminating against polarized light (359/493)

FOR142

.. (2 indent ) By birefringent element (359/494)

FOR143

... (3 indent ) For beam deflection or splitting (359/495)

FOR144

... (3 indent ) Prisms (359/496)

FOR145

... (3 indent ) Using plural elements (359/497)

FOR146

.... (4 indent ) Frequency filter or interference effects (359/498)

FOR147

.... (4 indent ) Using compensation techniques (359/499)

FOR148

... (3 indent ) With particular material or mounting structure (359/500)

FOR149

.. (2 indent ) By relatively adjustable superimposed or in series polarizers (359/501)

FOR150

.. (2 indent ) With color filter (359/502)