Patents by Inventor Hans-Peter Sommer

Hans-Peter Sommer has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20210325698
    Abstract: A spectacle lens for a spectacle frame having a first spectacle lens area and a second spectacle lens area. The first spectacle lens area is more strongly colored than the second spectacle lens area. The spectacle lens is phototropic at least in the second spectacle lens area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2019
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Inventors: Michael Voegt, Andrea Welk, Hans-Peter Sommer, Herbert Zinner
  • Patent number: 6853471
    Abstract: A photochromic synthetic resin (i.e., plastic) object characterized by a permanently increased contrast relative to the contrast of prior art photochromic synthetic resin objects, such that the photochromic synthetic resin object according to the invention exhibits improved contrast in the stationary states and in every intervening phase, including both darkening and lightening. The photochromic synthetic resin objects of the invention are particularly useful as lenses for eyeglasses, especially for sports glasses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2005
    Assignee: Rodenstock GmbH
    Inventors: Hans-Peter Sommer, Michael Voegt, Gerd-Peter Scherg, Manfred Melzig
  • Publication number: 20020118431
    Abstract: A photochromic synthetic resin (i.e., plastic) object characterized by a permanently increased contrast relative to the contrast of prior art photochromic synthetic resin objects, such that the photochromic synthetic resin object according to the invention exhibits improved contrast in the stationary states and in every intervening phase, including both darkening and lightening. The photochromic synthetic resin objects of the invention are particularly useful as lenses for eyeglasses, especially for sports glasses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2002
    Publication date: August 29, 2002
    Inventors: Hans-Peter Sommer, Michael Voegt, Gerd-Peter Scherg, Manfred Melzig