Nanogate AG is granted another basic patent in optics technology
Use of Dotfarm® Optics technology platform in displays of all kinds and various high-performance optics
Saarbrücken, 24 September 2007. Nanogate AG (ISIN DE 000A0JKHC9) is strengthening with a new international basic patent the marketing potential of its Dotfarm® Optics technology platform. The company now plans to address other high-volume, high-margin markets in addition to the flatscreen segment. Nanostructured coatings can improve existing products or simply the manufacturing process.
The newly granted basic patent covers a wide range of uses for nanostructured coatings on principally all transparent components made of, for instance, glass or plastic. The patent is already in force in all European countries and is to be registered all over the world in the months ahead, including in Japan, Korea and the United States. The new Nanogate Dotfarm® Optics technology can be used, for example, on displays of all kinds and sizes, light-emitting diodes, sensors or fibreglass-based applications and also offers long-term opportunities in security technology. Nanogate was granted a first international patent for the use of Dotfarm® Optics in new kinds of optical systems for background illumination of LCD flatscreens back in May. Nanogate expects further patents to be granted in the months ahead.
Nanogate AG CEO Ralf Zastrau said, “Dotfarm® Optics is a key technology that enables Nanogate to realise complex, high-margin applications in large markets. With the new basic patent we can improve our marketing opportunities considerably and enhance the value of our technology portfolio. The long-term earnings potential of this technology runs well into double-digit millions.” Initial discussions on international marketing and possible pilot applications are already being held.
In Dotfarm® Optics Nanogate has developed a fundamentally new optical process. Nanostructured surfaces are generated in combination with special nanocomposite materials and new physical nanoimprint processes. Using these enhanced optical surfaces, more efficient, miniaturised light channelling can be realised that is highly functional, more effective and very economical to produce.
