Soane Technologies, Inc.

2c Optics, Inc.

Travis David Boone

David S Soane

Theodore L Parker

Disclosed herein is a method and apparatus for forming on-site tinted and coated optical elements from a mold. The apparatus is a mold having a polymer release layer; an optical coating, such as an anti-reflective coating; a coupling agent layer to bind to the optical coating and having unreacted chemical groups; and, optionally, a tinted hard coat layer having unreacted chemical groups. The mold can be shipped to a lab that prepares optical elements, such as ophthalmic lenses, after the coupling agent layer is added or after the tinted hard coat layer is added. When using the mold with a lens resin having unreacted chemical groups, the coupling agent layer, tinted hard coat layer and optical element all crosslink as the optical element is cured to form, on-site, a durable and stable lens with chemically bound optical coatings.

Apparatus for formation of on-site coated and tinted optical elements

A method and apparatus for forming on-site tinted and coated optical elements from a mold having a polymer release layer; an optical coating, such as an anti-reflective coating; a coupling agent layer to bind to the optical coating and having unreacted chemical groups; and a hard coat layer having unreacted chemical groups. The hard coat may be tinted with dyes that are standard in the art. The mold can be shipped to a lab that prepares optical elements, such as ophthalmic lenses, after the coupling agent layer is added or after the hard coat layer, optionally tinted, is added. When using the mold with a lens resin having unreacted chemical groups, the coupling agent layer, hard coat layer, optionally tinted, and optical element all crosslink as the optical element is cured to form, on-site, a durable and stable lens with chemically bound optical coatings.

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Oakland, CA, United States of America

Travis David Boone