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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:
Dec. 16, 2003
Filed:
Apr. 06, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Stephen C. Pegram, Jacksonville, FL (US);
Allan W. Kimble, Jacksonvilee, FL (US);
Leslie A. Voss, Jacksonville, FL (US);
Thomas P. Bingaman, Jacksonville, FL (US);
Joseph W. Ricard, Jacksonville, FL (US);
Assignee:
Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc., Jacksonville, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29D 1/100 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29D 1/100 ;
Abstract
A method and a device for removing molded soft contact lenses, high-precision intraocular lenses and the like, from the individual molds in which they are produced. Provided is an infra-red radiation or heater device constituted of silicon carbide IR-emitters, and which employs an individual infra-red emitter for each individual mold, to impart a desired thermal gradient.