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US 7,858,001 · App. 11/537,571 · Granted Dec 28, 2010

Photochromic lens

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Patent No.
US 7,858,001
App. No.
11/537,571
Granted
Dec 28, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

A cast photochromic lens including a photochromic film and a cast resin, curable by heat or radiation.

Claims (8)

1. A method of preparing a photochromic lens comprising:

providing a photochromic film;

placing said photochromic film within a cast mold in a manner sufficient to create a front cavity and back cavity of said cast mold;

introducing a cast resin into said front cavity and said back cavity of said cast mold; and

curing said cast resin to form a photochromic lens.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein providing a photochromic film comprises providing a photochromic laminate wafer having sufficient dimensions for placement into a cast gasket of said cast mold.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein providing a photochromic plate comprises providing a photochromic laminate wafer having sufficient curvature to match the front base curve of the photochromic lens.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein placing said photochromic film within a cast mold in a manner sufficient to create a front cavity and back cavity comprises providing a photochromic film at a predetermined location within said cast mold.

Assignments (16)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 29, 2022
From: VISION EASE, LP
To: HOYA OPTICAL LABS OF AMERICA, INC.
Reel/Frame 059825/0497 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Aug 1, 2017
From: ANTARES CAPITAL LP
To: VISION EASE, LP
Reel/Frame 043402/0306 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 23, 2015
From: INSIGHT EQUITY A.P. X, LP
To: VISION EASE, LP
Reel/Frame 037154/0842 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Oct 30, 2015
From: ANTARES CAPITAL LP, AS AGENT
To: VISION EASE, LP (F/N/A INSIGHT EQUITY A.P. X, LP)
Reel/Frame 037009/0180 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Oct 27, 2015
From: VISION EASE, LP (D/B/A VISION-EASE LENS)
To: ANTARES CAPITAL LP, AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 036981/0268 →
ASSIGNMENT OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Sep 15, 2015
From: GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION, AS RETIRING AGENT
To: ANTARES CAPITAL LP, AS SUCCESSOR AGENT
Reel/Frame 036616/0161 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Sep 23, 2014
From: PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS REVOLVING AGENT
To: INSIGHT EQUITY A.P. X, LP
Reel/Frame 033810/0185 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Sep 23, 2014
From: INSIGHT EQUITY A.P. X, LP (D/B/A VISION-EASE LENS)
To: GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION, AS AGENT
Reel/Frame 033810/0209 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Sep 23, 2014
From: PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TERM LOAN AGENT
To: INSIGHT EQUITY A.P. X, LP
Reel/Frame 033810/0143 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Nov 8, 2012
From: INSIGHT EQUITY A.P. X, LP (D/B/A VISION-EASE LENS)
To: PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS REVOLVING AGENT
Reel/Frame 029261/0832 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Nov 8, 2012
From: INSIGHT EQUITY A.P. X, LP (D/B/A VISION-EASE LENS)
To: PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TERM LOAN AGENT
Reel/Frame 029261/0912 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Oct 30, 2012
From: ORIX CORPORATE CAPITAL INC. (F/K/A ORIX FINANCE CORP.)
To: INSIGHT EQUITY A.P. X, LP
Reel/Frame 029209/0771 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Oct 30, 2012
From: REGIMENT CAPITAL SPECIAL SITUATIONS FUND IV, L.P.
To: INSIGHT EQUITY A.P. X, LP
Reel/Frame 029209/0926 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Mar 28, 2008
From: INSIGHT EQUITY A.P. X, LP
To: REGIMENT CAPITAL SPECIAL SITUATIONS FUND IV, L.P., AS AGENT
Reel/Frame 020710/0785 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Dec 20, 2007
From: INSIGHT ESQUITY A.P. X, LP
To: ORIX FINANCE CORP.
Reel/Frame 020270/0664 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 12, 2007
From: QIN, XUZHI; SUGIMURA, HIDEYO; BOULINEAU, MICHAEL S.; MORAVEC, THOMAS J.; HARRIS, DEREK
To: INSIGHT EQUITY A.P.X., L.P. (DBA VISION-EASE LENS)
Reel/Frame 018882/0244 →