Patent ID: 8106108

Claim:
A UV absorbing optical element comprising a spectacle or sunglass polymer optical lens element substrate formed from an allyl monomer, and a UV light absorbing amount of a tris-aryltriazine-based UV absorber according to the following formula: wherein: R 1 to R 6 are independently selected from the group consisting of: hydrogen, optionally substituted alkyl, optionally substituted alkenyl, optionally substituted alkynyl, optionally substituted aryl, optionally substituted heteroaryl optionally substituted heterocycl, optionally substituted acyl, optionally substituted alkoxy, optionally substituted alkenoxy, optionally substituted alkynoxy, optionally substituted acyloxy, optionally substituted thioalkyl, carboxyl, carboxy ester, and amido; wherein at least two of R 1 to R 6 are hydrogen.