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(43) Date of publication: 07.08.1996 Bulletin 1996/32 (21) Application number: 95900361.0 (22) Date of filing: 21.10.1994

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  G02F 1/ 13( . ) G02B 27/ 02( . ) G09F 9/ 00( . ) G02B 5/ 30( . ) G02B 27/ 00( . ) G02B 27/ 01( . ) G06F 15/ 02( . ) G02B 5/ 18( . ) G02B 7/ 12( . ) (86) International application number: PCT/US1994/011659 (87) International publication number: WO 1995/011473 (27.04.1995 Gazette 1995/18)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT BE CH DE FR GB IT LI (30) Priority: 22.10.1993 US 19930141133 30.03.1994 US 19940220042 09.08.1994 US 19940287970 (60) Divisional application: 97117527.8 / 0821257 (71) Applicant: KOPIN CORPORATION Taunton, MA 02780 (US)	(72) Inventors: FAN, John, C., C. Chesnut Hill, MA 02167 (US) GALE, Ronald, P. Sharon, MA 02067 (US) SALERNO, Jack, P. Waban, MA 02168 (US) JACOBSEN, Jeffrey Hollister, CA 95023 (US) RONZANI, Peter, A. Los Gatos, CA 95030 (US) POMBO, Stephen Sunnyvale, CA 94086 (US) (74) Representative: Greenwood, John David  Graham Watt & Co. Riverhead Sevenoaks Kent TN13 2BN Sevenoaks Kent TN13 2BN (GB)