US Patent Issued to FUJIFILM on June 2 for "Beam combiner, method of forming alignment film, and method of manufacturing optical element" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,645,092, issued on June 2, was assigned to FUJIFILM Corp. (Tokyo).

"Beam combiner, method of forming alignment film, and method of manufacturing optical element" was invented by Takashi Yonemoto (Minamiashigara, Japan), Hiroshi Sato (Minamiashigara, Japan) and Yukito Saitoh (Minamiashigara, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are a beam combiner that can obtain a fine and clear interference pattern, a method of forming an alignment film in which a fine and clear alignment pattern can be obtained, and a method of manufacturing an optical element including a fine and clear liquid crystal alignment pattern. The beam combiner includ...