A new method for partial silvering of spectacle lenses, and lenses obtained using said method. Applied to spectacle lenses comprising a varnished substrate on which one or several thin layers are arranged, uses a digitally controlled laser, said laser emitting through a solid fiber, the wavelength used being in the near infrared. When these lenses comprise three thin layers it is possible, by using the method according to the invention, to achieve partial silvering in which the laser has eliminated: the thin layers on a first part thereof, until reaching the varnished substrate, then the thin layers on a part thereof, revealing a part of the thin layer, and lastly the thin layer, on a part thereof, revealing a part of the thin layer.

A method to transfer a layer of harder thin film substrate onto a softer, flexible substrate. In particular, the present invention provides a method to deposit a layer of sapphire thin film on to a softer and flexible substrate e.g. quartz, fused silica, silicon, glass, toughened glass, PET, polymers, plastics, paper and fabrics. This combination provides the hardness of sapphire thin film to softer flexible substrates.

The invention relates to a substrate comprising two main faces defining two main surfaces separated by edges, said substrate bearing a functional coating deposited on at least one portion of one main surface and a temporary protective layer deposited on at least one portion of the functional coating. The temporary protective layer, cured by drying, by UV irradiation or by an electron beam, has a thickness of at least 1 micrometer and is not soluble in water. This temporary protective layer is obtained from a liquid composition comprising (meth)acrylate compounds selected from monomers, oligomers, prepolymers or polymers comprising at least one (meth)acrylate function.

Embodiments of an article including a substrate and a patterned coating are provided. In one or more embodiments, when a strain is applied to the article, the article exhibits a failure strain of 0.5% or greater. Patterned coating may include a particulate coating or may include a discontinuous coating. The patterned coating of some embodiments may cover about 20% to about 75% of the surface area of the substrate. Methods for forming such articles are also provided.

A decorative glass container has clear boundary lines and good adhesion properties, and has a lower layer including a thick wall portion and a thin wall portion, a vapor-deposition layer patterned by a forming region and a non-forming region, and an overcoat layer made of a UV curable resin, on the upper part of the glass container in order. A method for manufacturing the decorative glass container, in which the forming region of the vapor-deposition layer is disposed on the upper part of the thick wall portion of the lower layer, the non-forming region of the vapor-deposition layer is disposed on the upper part of the thin wall portion of the lower layer, and a contact region is provided in which the lower layer and the overcoat layer are in direct contact with each other by way of the non-forming region of the vapor-deposition layer.

A method for manufacturing a bent substrate, having a masking step of forming a masking member (M) on a bent substrate (10) and forming a predetermined pattern, and a printing step of forming a print layer (P) on a surface to be printed of the bent substrate (10) including the masking member (M). It is thereby possible to perform printing on a bent substrate having a curved surface part in a productive manner and at a high printing accuracy.

The present disclosure relates to a fabrication method of coated glass with a window area. The method includes: coating a base layer with a cerium oxide CeO2 film layer or a lanthanum oxide La2O3 film layer by using a vapor deposition method, wherein the base layer comprises to-be-coated glass, or to-be-coated glass and another layer coated on the to-be-coated glass; coating an ink layer onto the CeO2 film layer or the La2O3 film layer, wherein the ink layer is coated in a non-window area; and soaking the coated glass that has been coated with the ink layer in a weak acid solution, so as to deplate the CeO2 film layer or the La2O3 film layer in a window area.

Provided is a transparent conductive film-equipped substrate that makes it difficult for an insulating film provided on a portion from which a transparent conductive film has been removed to peel off. The transparent conductive film-equipped substrate 10 includes a substrate 1 and a transparent conductive film 2 provided on the substrate 1 and subjected to patterning, wherein the transparent conductive film-equipped substrate is made up so that: a removal region A1 where the transparent conductive film 2 has been removed by patterning, a non-removal region A2 where the transparent conductive film is left unremoved, and a boundary region A3 provided between the removal region A1 and the non-removal region A2 are formed on the substrate 1; and the boundary region A3 is formed with insular portions 2b in which the transparent conductive film 2 is formed in insular shapes.

Certain example embodiments relate to heating a ceramic paint applied to a portion of a coated article in order to at least partially eat through the underlying coating, with any remaining materials being removable by washing, and associated articles. In certain example embodiments, the coatings are multilayer sputter-deposited coatings formed on a glass or other substrate. The heat may be provided in connection with conventional heat treatment (e.g., thermal tempering) and/or heat bending processes that otherwise would be performed on the coated article.

Certain example embodiments of this invention relate to techniques for laser ablating/scribing peripheral edges of a coating (e.g., a low-emissivity, mirror, or other coating) on a glass or other substrate in a pre- or post-laminated assembly, pre- or post-assembled insulated glass unit, and/or other product, in order to slow or prevent corrosion of the coating. For example, a 1064 nm or other wavelength laser may be used to scribe lines into the metal and/or metallic layer(s) in a low-emissivity or other coating provided in an already-laminated or already-assembled insulated glass unit or other product, e.g., around its periphery. The scribe lines decrease electron mobility from the center of the coating to the environment and, thus, slow and sometimes even prevent the onset of electrochemical corrosion. Associated products, methods, and kits relating to same also are contemplated herein.