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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. 26, 2000
Filed:
Sep. 11, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert G Duggan, Piltown, IE;
Joseph Patrick Dowling, Waterford, IE;
Assignee:
Bausch & Lomb Incorporated, Rochester, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2503418 ; 2503391 ; 25033906 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for confirming the presence of a contact lens in its intended package employs an infrared detection system that is able to detect the presence or absence of a contact lens in the package.