US Patent Issued to Johnson & Johnson Vision Care on Dec. 2 for "Polymerizable absorbers of UV and high energy visible light" (Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,486,403, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Johnson & Johnson Vision Care Inc. (Jacksonville, Fla.).

"Polymerizable absorbers of UV and high energy visible light" was invented by Donald E. Riederer (Jacksonville, Fla.), Patricia Martin (Jacksonville, Fla.), Shivkumar Mahadevan (Jacksonville, Fla.), Dawn D. Wright (St. Augustine, Fla.), John R. Buch (Jacksonville, Fla.) and Jessica Cannon (Jacksonville, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described are polymerizable high energy light absorbing compounds. The compounds absorb various wavelengths of ultraviolet and/or high energy visible light and are suitable for incorporation in various pro...