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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:
Sep. 04, 1990
Filed:
Mar. 14, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:
William M Hung, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Kai C Su, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Assignee:
Ciba-Geigy Corporation, Ardsley, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D06P / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
8507 ; 8543 ; 8549 ; 8606 ; 8509 ;
Abstract
An improvement in a process for preparing a contact lens tinted over at least a portion of its surface, having the steps of forming a tinting solution having a reactive dyestuff and applying the tinting solution to a polymeric hydrogel contact lens material, wherein the improvement comprises adding an effective amount of an ammonium quaternary salt to the tinting solution before the applying step.