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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 26, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 25, 2014
Applicant:
Transitions Optical, Inc., Pinellas Park, FL (US);
Inventors:
Anil Kumar, Murrysville, PA (US);
Peter C. Foller, San Francisco, CA (US);
Jiping Shao, Monroeville, PA (US);
Assignee:
Transitions Optical, Inc., Pinellas Park, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02C 7/02 (2006.01); G02B 5/22 (2006.01); C09K 19/04 (2006.01); C09K 19/20 (2006.01); C09K 19/38 (2006.01); C09K 19/52 (2006.01); C09K 19/54 (2006.01); C09K 19/60 (2006.01); G02B 5/30 (2006.01); G02B 1/10 (2015.01); G02B 1/12 (2006.01); G02C 7/10 (2006.01); G02B 5/23 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 5/223 (2013.01); C09K 19/0403 (2013.01); C09K 19/2007 (2013.01); C09K 19/38 (2013.01); C09K 19/52 (2013.01); C09K 19/54 (2013.01); C09K 19/544 (2013.01); C09K 19/60 (2013.01); G02B 1/10 (2013.01); G02B 1/12 (2013.01); G02B 5/3016 (2013.01); G02C 7/108 (2013.01); C09K 2019/0448 (2013.01); C09K 2019/546 (2013.01); G02B 5/23 (2013.01); Y10T 428/10 (2015.01); Y10T 428/1036 (2015.01); Y10T 428/1086 (2015.01); Y10T 428/265 (2015.01);
Abstract
The present invention relates to optical elements, such as but not limited to ophthalmic elements, comprising an alignment facility for an optical dye. The optical elements include a substrate; and an alignment facility for an optical dye connected to at least a portion of the substrate, where the alignment facility is an at least partial coating of an at least partially ordered liquid crystal material having at least a first general direction.