US Patent Issued to 3M Innovative Properties on Nov. 11 for "Optical systems for side/rear view mirror of a vehicle" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,320, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to 3M Innovative Properties Co. (St. Paul, Minn.).

"Optical systems for side/rear view mirror of a vehicle" was invented by Matthew B. Johnson (Woodbury, Minn.) and John F. VanDerlofske III (Minneapolis).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mirror system for a side- or rear-view mirror of a vehicle includes a light absorbing layer and an optical film having a plurality of layers disposed on the light absorbing layer. For substantially normally incident light and a blue, green, and red wavelength range extending from about 420-485 nm, 525-575 nm and 625-740 nm, respectively, and for at least one polariz...