Illumination – Edge lighted panel – Light guide
Reexamination Certificate
2011-07-19
2011-07-19
Negron, Ismael (Department: 2885)
Illumination
Edge lighted panel
Light guide
C362S623000, C362S627000, C362S026000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07980748
ABSTRACT:
A light guide includes a light guide substrate having a top surface through which light is to be emitted, a bottom surface, an incident edge surface through which incident light is to be introduced into the light guide substrate, and another edge surface. The another edge surface includes at least one micro structure operative to reflect at least a portion of the incident light, which travels through the light guide substrate and is incident on the another edge surface, back within the light guide substrate.
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Japanese Office Action (with English translation) for corresponding Japanese Application No. 2009-198451 dated Feb. 15, 2011.
Mather Jonathan
Montgomery David James
Suckling James Rowland
Walton Harry Garth
Zhang Tong
Negron Ismael
Renner , Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
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