US Patent Issued to 3M Innovative Properties on Dec. 9 for "High transmission light control film" (Minnesota, Texas, Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,493,208, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to 3M Innovative Properties Co. (St. Paul, Minn.).

"High transmission light control film" was invented by Daniel J. Schmidt (Woodbury, Minn.), Kevin W. Gotrik (Hudson, Wis.), Nicholas A. Johnson (Burnsville, Minn.), Raymond J. Kenney (Woodbury, Minn.), Caleb T. Nelson (McKinney, Texas) and Kenneth A. Epstein (St. Paul, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A light control film comprises a light input surface and a light output surface opposite the light input surface; alternating transmissive regions and absorptive regions disposed between the light input surface and the light output surface, wherein...