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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. 10, 2001
Filed:
Oct. 22, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Clive H. Burton, Novato, CA (US);
Assignee:
Sola International Holdings, Ltd., Lonsdale, AU;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C23C 1/434 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C23C 1/434 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for vacuum coating plastic lens elements employs Meissner traps and a drum work holder configuration for effectively condensing water vapor in the system.