Patent ID: 6497939
Filing Date: 2002-12-24
Classification: G02B,Y10T

Abstract:
A flat plate made of a cycloolefin polymer comprising at least 30% by weight, based on the cycloolefin polymer, of repeating units (A) having an alicyclic structure; said repeating units (A) comprising at least 30% by weight, based on the repeating units (A), of repeating units (A-i) having no norbornane structure and more than 0% but not more than 70% by weight of repeating units (A-ii) having a norbornane structure, represented by the following formula (4): wherein R35 through R48 are independently selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom, hydrocarbon, hydroxyl, ester, alkoxy, cyano, imido and silyl groups, a halogen atom, and hydrocarbon groups having a functional group as substituent selected from the group consisting of hydroxyl, ester, alkoxy, cyano, imido and silyl groups; R38 and R39, or R40 and R41 form an alkylidine group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms; e is an integer of 1 to 3; and the chemical symbol of {overscore (-------)} in formula (4) represents a carbon-carbon single or double bond; and said cycloolefin polymer having a weight average molecular weight of 5,000 to 50,000, wherein the phase difference of the flat plate, as measured in the direction of the thickness of the plate, is not larger than 100 nm.