Patent SG-11201901204Y-A (SG)
Title: A method and intermediate product for manufacturing contact lenses
Inventor: BRUCE IAN
IPC: B29D11/00
Filed: 2017-09-26
Abstract: 104 FIG. 3B 108 108 FIG. 3C 104 d10 FIG. 3D W O 20 18/060685 Al (12) INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property Organization International Bureau (43) International Publication Date 05 April 2018 (05.04.2018) WIP0 I PCT omit IIl °nolo Eno oimIE (10) International Publication Number WO 2018/060685 Al (51) International Patent Classification: B29D 11/00 (2006.01) (21) International Application Number: PCT/GB2017/052875 (22) International Filing Date: 26 September 2017 (26.09.2017) (25) Filing Language: English (26) Publication Language: English (30) Priority Data: 62/400,156 27 September 2016 (27.09.2016) US (71) Applicant: COOPERVISION INTERNATIONAL HOLDING COMPANY, LP [GB/BB]; Suite No. 2 Edghill House, Wildey Business Park, St. Michael (BB). (72) Inventors: BRUCE, Ian; C/o CooperVision Manufactur- ing Limited, 36 School Lane, Chandlers Ford Industri- al Estate, Eastleigh Hampshire SO53 4LY (GB). FIELD- HOUSE, Adam; C/o CooperVision Manufacturing Limit- ed, 36 School Lane, Chandlers Ford Industrial Estate, East- leigh Hampshire SO53 4LY (GB). (74) Agent: ABEL & IMRAY; Westpoint Building, James Street West, Bath Bath and North East Somerset BA1 2DA (GB). (81) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of national protection available): AE, AG, AL, AM, AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BN, BR, BW, BY, BZ, CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DJ, DK, DM, DO, DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, HN, HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IR, IS, JO, JP, KE, KG, KH, KN, KP, KR, KW, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LU, LY, MA, MD, ME, MG, MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, NI, NO, NZ, OM, PA, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, RU, RW, SA, SC, SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV, SY, TH, TJ, TM, TN, TR, TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, ZA, ZM, ZW. (84) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of regional protection available): ARIPO (BW, GH, GM, KE, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, ST, SZ, TZ, UG, ZM, ZW), Eurasian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, RU, TJ, TM), European (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR), OAPI (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, GA, GN, GQ, GW, KM, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG). (54) Title: A METHOD AND INTERMEDIATE PRODUCT FOR MANUFACTURING CONTACT LENSES (57) : A method of manufacturing a contact lens (110) is disclosed. The method comprises manufacturing a rod of lens material (101), the rod (101) contain- ing a plurality of electronic components (102) spaced apart along its length, separat- ing the rod (101) into a plurality of lens blanks (106), each lens blank (106) containing at least one of said electronic components (102), and machining the front and/or back surface of a lens blank (106) to produce a contact lens (110) containing the at least one electronic component (102). [Continued on next page] WO 2018/060685 Al MIDEDIMOMOIDEIREIDIMINIIIIIH1111111011111111111111111 Published: — with international search report (Art. 21(3))