ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,607, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Menicon Co. Ltd. (Nagoya, Japan).
"Apparatus and methods for molding rigid ocular lenses" was invented by Stephen D. Newman (Singapore).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "One embodiment of a rigid gas permeable ocular lens may be formed by a process including forming a portion of a mold including a first side having a profile shaped to form an anterior surface of the rigid gas permeable ocular lens, applying a liquid lens material to the first side of the portion of the mold, and at least partially curing the liquid lens material to form the rigid gas permeable ocular lens. Methods of forming molds ...