Patent ID: 8758894

Claim:
A transparent laminate, comprising: an optically clear, cured coating layer residing on a transparent substrate; said optically clear coating layer comprising an optically clear polymer layer derived from abrasion-resistant nanoparticles, a crosslinking agent, a hydrophilic surfactant, one or more monomers, and optionally one or more oligomers, in the presence of at least one ultraviolet light photo initiator; and said optically clear coating comprising a hydrophilic surfactant rich surface portion, said hydrophilic surfactant surface rich portion being achieved by adding a hydrophilic surfactant in a solvent to said optical coating layer when it is partially cured, evaporating said solvent and subsequently curing said coating layer containing said added hydrophilic surfactant; said hydrophilic surfactant rich surface portion having a surfactant concentration gradient thickness of from about 0.5 to about 3 microns and wherein the amount of said hydrophilic surfactant in said surfactant gradient is at least 80% by weight of the total hydrophilic surfactant within said optically clear, cured coating layer residing on said transparent substrate.