Patent ID: 7942523

Claim:
A method for manufacturing a polarized lens, comprising the steps of: (a) treating a polarized film with a composition to form a treated polarized film; (b) providing a lens mold having a front lens mold and a rear lens mold, wherein the front lens mold has a concave surface with a first curvature, and the rear lens mold has a convex surface with a second curvature that is substantially identical to or different from the first curvature; (c) forming a hard coat layer on the concave surface of the front lens mold; (d) forming an adhesive layer on the hard coat layer; (e) placing the treated polarized film on the adhesive layer; (f) curing the adhesive layer with UV or visible light to bond the treated polarized film to the hard coat layer, thereby forming a polarized front lens mold; (g) combining the polarized front lens mold with the rear lens mold to define a cavity between the treated polarized film and the convex surface of the rear lens mold; (h) casting a lens-forming fluid into the cavity; and (i) curing the lens-forming fluid within the cavity to form a lens having dimensions substantially identical to the cavity.