OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE SYSTEM FOR A FLAT-PANEL DISPLAY - Patent 1421572

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EP 1 421 572 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	26.05.2004 Bulletin 2004/22

(21)	Application number: 01964635.5

(22)	Date of filing: 22.08.2001

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: G09G 3/34

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US2001/041820

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 2003/019518 (06.03.2003 Gazette 2003/10)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK RO SI

(71)	Applicant: Smith, Ronald S.
	Palm Bay, FL 32907 (US)

(72)	Inventor:
	Smith, Ronald S. Palm Bay, FL 32907 (US)

(74)	Representative: Jackson, Richard Eric et al
	Carpmaels & Ransford,43-45 Bloomsbury Square London WC1A 2RA London WC1A 2RA (GB)

(54)	OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE SYSTEM FOR A FLAT-PANEL DISPLAY