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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:
Apr. 11, 2000
Filed:
Nov. 24, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Wade Marcel Tipton, Petersfield, GB;
Assignee:
Hydron, Ltd., Hampshire, GB;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D06P / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
8507 ; 8506 ; 8543 ; 264-11 ; 351162 ; 3511 / ;
Abstract
A process for preparing a soft, tinted lens is described. The process comprises the steps of softening and tinting a xerogel lens 1, wherein the softening and the tinting are achieved by immersing the xerogel lens 1 in a single solution 5 capable of softening and tinting the xerogel lens 1.