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Silicone resin optical devices

CA 1111185 A · Owner: Dow Corning Corporation · Inventors: Polmanteer, Keith E.; Jones, David P.; Fitzgerald, John K.

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Optical devices such as corneal scleral and interocular, lenses are made from phenyl-containing siloxane resins. They combine a high degree of oxygen transmission with ease of fabrication inherent to hard materials thereby providing, increased wearer comfort and ease of fabrication. A typical resin is a copolymer of phenyl, vinyl and methyl siloxanes having at least about 0.2 phenyl groups per silicon.

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  • Granted October 20, 1981. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended October 20, 1998.
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FiledMarch 6, 1979
GrantedOctober 20, 1981
Term endedOctober 20, 1998
Patent numberCA 1111185 A
Classification (IPC)G02B1/04

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1980198219841986198819901992199419961998Application filedMarch 6, 1979Patent grantedOct 20, 1981Term endedOct 20, 1998

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