ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,589,564, issued on March 31, was assigned to Alcon Inc. (Fribourg, Switzerland).
"Mold unit for molding ophthalmic lenses" was invented by Michael Stutz (Kleinwallstadt, Germany), Jan Bernard (Niedernberg, Germany), Giovanni Campanelli (Grosswallstadt, Germany), Lukas Lomb (Aschaffenburg, Germany) and Matthias Schwab (Amorbach, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mold unit for molding ophthalmic lenses comprises: A) an adapter piece comprising an opening extending around a longitudinal axis; B) a sleeve fixedly connected to the adapter piece and extending through the opening of the adapter piece; C) a lens mold rigidly mounted to t...