Patent ID: 8330895

Claim:
A method for making an antiglare film comprising: (1) casting a dope containing at least a thermoplastic resin and transparent particles on a support, releasing the cast film from the support and drying the cast film, to make a transparent base; (2) applying a coating solution containing at least a curing compound, a polymerization initiator and a solvent on the transparent base and removing the solvent by drying; and (3) curing the curing compound to form a cured layer, wherein: the transparent particles have an average primary particle size of greater than 2.5 μm and not greater than 12 μm, the transparent base has on at least one side thereof flat portions substantially parallel to a film-forming plane and rounded protrusions arising from the transparent particles, the protrusions having a maximum height Rt from the flat portions of from 1 to 15 μm, and the cured layer has an average thickness of from 1 to 15.0 μm and a surface profile with an arithmetic average roughness Ra, a mean spacing between peaks Sm, and an average slope θa, all as measured in accordance with JIS B0601, satisfying relationships (1) to (3): 0.01 μm≦ Ra≦ 0.2 μm (1) 10 μm≦ Sm≦ 300 μm (2) 0.3°≦θ a≦ 1.5° (3).