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US 1,075,870 · App. 29/729,365 · Granted May 20, 2025

Contact lens

Inventors: Melissa Bailey (Gahanna, OH); Joseph Barr (Dublin, OH); Robin Sears (Dublin, OH)
Assignee: Ohio State Innovation Foundation
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Patent No.
US 1,075,870
App. No.
29/729,365
Granted
May 20, 2025
Kind
S1
Claims (1)

The ornamental design for a contact lens, as shown and described.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 24, 2020
From: BAILEY, MELISSA; BARR, JOSEPH; SEARS, ROBIN
To: OHIO STATE INNOVATION FOUNDATION
Reel/Frame 053872/0934 →
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