Method of making ophthalmic lenses with a structured surface

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9492978
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13977974

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A method for fabricating a Fresnel lens or other lens having a structured surface such as refractive and/or diffractive bi-focal or other multi-focal lenses includes press-coating the structured surface with a low or very low refractive index coating material. The coating is sufficient thick to adequately cover the structured surface so that a smooth coating surface with good optical properties is obtained, for example in the case of a Fresnel structure a thickness greater than 1.5 times and less than 5 times the Fresnel structure height, and is cured in situ. A film, e.g., of PET, PC or PU or a film stack, e.g. a TAC/PVA/TAC film stack is prepared and a heat melting adhesive is applied to the side of the film or film stack to be contacted with the coated structured surface of the lens blank. The film or film stack is then laminated to the cured coating.

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  • ESSILOR INTERNATIONAL (COMPAGNIE GENERALE D'OPTIQUE);ESSILOR INTERNATIONAL (COMPAGNIE GENERALE D'OPTIQUE)

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Jiang, Peiqi Tarpon Springs, US 70 640
Keegan, Bruce Seminole, US 9 53

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