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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 1981
Filed:
Dec. 17, 1979
Applicant:
Inventor:
Albert R LeBoeuf, Framingham, MA (US);
Assignee:
American Optical Corporation, Southbridge, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07F / ; C07F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
556440 ; 556445 ; 556449 ;
Abstract
Homopolymers and copolymers of compounds according to the formula: ##STR1## wherein R is an alkyl having 1 to 3 carbons, a+b+c+d=e, b=O to e, c=O to e, b+c>1, d=0 to 5, e=1 to 100, and Y is an organic group containing at least one>C.dbd.C<are hydrophilic as well as exhibiting properties similar to silicone compounds. The polymers are particularly useful in contact lenses having enhanced oxygen permeability.