US Patent Issued to Nikon, Essilor International on Dec. 23 for "Nanostructured transparent article with both hydrophobic and antifog properties and methods for making it" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,503,390, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Nikon Corp. (Tokyo) and Essilor International (Charenton-le-Pont, France).

"Nanostructured transparent article with both hydrophobic and antifog properties and methods for making it" was invented by Sandrine Couderc (Tokyo) and Gregory Tortissier (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A transparent article having a face provided with a nanostructure, wherein a top part of the nanostructure has hydrophobic properties and a remaining part of the nanostructure confers antifog properties to said face of said transparent article."

The patent was filed on June 21, 2017, under Application No. 16/624,4...