Patent ID: 8840999

Claim:
A silicone composition comprising: (a) a curable silicone resin comprising units having a functional group R 1 selected from the group consisting of an aryl group, an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, and hydrogen; (b) an inorganic particle having a polymeric surface coating formed thereon, said polymeric surface coating comprising an organopolysiloxane comprising units selected from the group consisting of R 2 3 SiO 1/2 , R 2 2 SiO 2/2 , R 2 SiO 3/2 , and combinations thereof, wherein R 2 is selected from the group consisting of an aryl group, an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, and hydrogen; with the proviso that R 1 equals R 2 , such that when R 1 is said aryl group, R 2 is also said aryl group; when R 1 is said alkyl group, R 2 is also said alkyl group; when R 1 is said alkenyl group, R 2 is also said alkenyl group; and when R 1 is hydrogen, R 2 is also hydrogen; and (c) a cross-linking compound reactive with at least one of (a) said curable silicone resin and said polymeric surface coating of (b) said inorganic particle; wherein said polymeric surface coating and (a) said curable silicon resin have refractive index values within 0.03 of one another.