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Polyvinyl alcohol derivatives containing pendant vinylic monomer reaction product units bound through ether groups and hydrogel contact lenses made therefrom

CA 1330674 C · Owner: Ciba Specialty Chemicals Holding Inc. · Inventors: Goldenberg, Merrill

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Polyvinyl alcohol derivatives containing pendant vinylic monomer reaction product units bound through ether groups and hydrogel contact lenses made therefrom, Abstract, A contact lens of a crosslinked organic aprotic solvent insoluble, substantially transparent polymer of a derivative of a polyvinyl alcohol having a weight average molecular weight of at least about 2,000 containing an effective amount between about 0.1 and 90 percent based on, the number of hydroxyl groups on said polyvinyl alcohol of a crosslinked, addition reaction product of units of the formula (I), in the presence or absence of a polymerizable vinylic monomer wherein R1 is a divalent aliphatic, cycloaliphatic aryl, …

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  • Granted July 12, 1994. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended July 12, 2011.
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FiledDecember 14, 1988
GrantedJuly 12, 1994
Term endedJuly 12, 2011
Patent numberCA 1330674 C
Classification (IPC)C08F216/06 +2 more

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19891992199519982001200420072010Application filedDec 14, 1988Patent grantedJuly 12, 1994Term endedJuly 12, 2011

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