ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,704,740, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to AGC Inc. (Tokyo).
"Optical structure including half-silvered mirror and selective reflection film in combination" was invented by Satoshi Niiyama (Chiyoda-ku, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical structure includes a half-silvered mirror and a selective reflection film. The half-silvered mirror includes a first support member and a partial reflection film. The partial reflection film presents a mirror image on the front surface side of the first support member. The selective reflection film is opposed to the partial reflection film. The selective reflection film more readily transmit...