US Patent Issued to AGC on Oct. 28 for "Optical filter and imaging device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,454,619, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to AGC Inc. (Tokyo).

"Optical filter and imaging device" was invented by Shoko Suzuki (Tokyo), Kazuhiko Shiono (Fukushima, Japan), Sayuri Yamada (Fukushima, Japan) and Hiroki Hotaka (Fukushima, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical filter, including a first absorption layer containing a near-infrared absorbing dye and a transparent resin. The optical filter also includes a reflection layer. The first absorption layer has a thickness of 0.3 micro metre to 10 micro metre. The optical filter satisfies conditions described in the disclosure. An imaging apparatus including the optical filter....