Patent ID: 7815308

Claim:
An ophthalmic lens comprising: a lens substrate; a coating containing at least one photodegradation-sensitive dye; and a photodegradation protection coating for protecting the coating containing at least one photodegradation-sensitive dye from UV radiation, the photodegradation protection coating resulting from the photopolymerization of a mixture comprising (i), (ii), and (iii): (i) a blend of acrylate monomers and acrylate oligomers; (ii) from 5 wt % to 30 wt %, relative to the sum of (i), (ii) and (iii), of at least one UV absorber; and (iii) from 3 wt % to 12 wt %, relative to the sum of (i), (ii) and (iii), of at least one photoinitiator.