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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:
Jul. 14, 1998
Filed:
Mar. 19, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
John B Enns, Jacksonville, FL (US);
Allan W Kimble, Jacksonville, FL (US);
Susan B Orr, Jacksonville, FL (US);
Douglas G Vanderlaan, Jacksonville, FL (US);
Assignee:
Johnson & Johnson Vision Products, Inc., Jacksonville, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
264-17 ; 264-26 ; 264-138 ; 264232 ; 264340 ; 427162 ;
Abstract
This invention provides a molded polymeric object, partially or completely coated with a hydrophilic polymer which provides a wettable surface to the molded object such as a contact lens. It also provides a process for using latent-hydrophilic monomers to make molded objects with wettable surfaces.