Abstract: Process for obtaining a hard coated article having anti-fouling properties, including, for example, an optical article such as an ophthalmic lens, comprising a substrate coated with a hard coating providing abrasion resistance and hardness and adhesion to the anti-fouling coating, and the article obtained from such process.

Abstract: A method and coating used to prepare a photochromically-enabled bifocal ophthalmic lens. The method and equipment includes injection molding a single vision lens, for example, from polycarbonate. The clamp opens vertically and the top insert is exchanged for a bifocal mold having a base curve similar to the single vision lens. The thermoset coating includes compounds from several acrylate classes, and is applied to the single vision lens. The coating may include a photochromic dye. The coating is also formulated to receive a photochromic solution through an imbibition process.

Abstract: A method that includes providing a lens having a first side, a second side, and an anti-reflective or mirror coating on the first side; depositing a heat-curable coating on the second side of the lens; and heating the heat-curable coating without damaging the anti-reflective or mirror coating. Another method that includes providing a non-pure polycarbonate lens having a first side, a second side, and a first coating on the first side; depositing a heat-curable coating on the second side of the lens; and heating the heat-curable coating without damaging the first coating. Other methods are also disclosed.

Abstract: A composition adapted for use in an in-situ coating process for coating an optical surface for ophthalmic applications. A coating composition according to the present invention includes at least one multifunctional acrylate compound which is cured onto a heated surface with controlled coating distribution in an ophthalmic injection mold. For example, the composition may include an acrylic base cured with an initiator, e.g., t-butyl perbenzoate, and may further include at least one catalyst and at least one metal salt. An acrylic base according to the present invention may include a combination of monofunctional and/or multifunctional acrylate and/or methacrylate compounds.

Abstract: A method and coating used to prepare a photochromically-enabled bifocal ophthalmic lens. The method and equipment includes injection molding a single vision lens, for example, from polycarbonate. The clamp opens vertically and the top insert is exchanged for a bifocal mold having a base curve similar to the single vision lens. The thermoset coating includes compounds from several acrylate classes, and is applied to the single vision lens. The coating may include a photochromic dye. The coating is also formulated to receive a photochromic solution through an imbibition process.

Abstract: Process for obtaining a hard coated article having anti-fouling properties, including, for example, an optical article such as an ophthalmic lens, comprising a substrate coated with a hard coating providing abrasion resistance and hardness and adhesion to the anti-fouling coating, and the article obtained from such process.

Abstract: The coating composition according to the invention comprises: (A) a component which is the reaction product with oxalic acid of at least one organometallic compound of formula: R1y—M(OR)x-y  (I) wherein, M is a metal R is H or an alkyl radical, R1 is a chelating ligand, x is the valency of the metal, y is an integer at least equal to 1 and x-y is at least equal to 1; and (B) at least one organoalkoxysilane of formula: R3nSi(OR2)4−n  (II) wherein, R2 is an alkyl radical, R3 is an epoxidized alkyl group and n is an integer from 1 to 3 or a mixture of the organoalkoxysilane of formula (II) with an alkoxysilane of formula (II′) R′n′Si(OR″)4−n′  (II′) wherein n′ is an integer from 0 to 3, R″ is H, an alkyl radical or an alkoxyalkyl radical, and R′ is a vinyl, (meth)acryl, aromatic, cyclic or aliphatic alkyl radical.

Abstract: A method of forming a reflective coating onto a surface of a transparent substrate, the method comprising: spin coating the surface of the transparent substrate with at least one curable reflectance-imparting composition, and curing the at least one curable reflectance-imparting composition, thereby imparting a reflective property to the transparent substrate.

Abstract: The coating composition according to the invention comprises:

Abstract: The coating composition according to the invention comprises: (A) a component which is the reaction product with oxalic acid of at least one organometallic compound of formula: R1y—M(OR)x-y   (I) wherein, M is a metal R is H or an alkyl radical, R1 is a chelating ligand, x is the valency of the metal, y is an integer at least equal to 1 and x-y is at least equal to 1; and (B) at least one organoalkoxysilane of formula: R3nSi(OR2)4-n   (II) wherein, R2 is an alkyl radical, R3 is an epoxidized alkyl group and n is an integer from 1 to 3 or a mixture of the organoalkoxysilane of formula (II) with an alkoxysilane of formula (II′) R′n′Si(OR″)4-n′  (II′) wherein n′ is an integer from 0 to 3, R″ is H, an alkyl radical or an alkoxyalkyl radical, and R′ is a vinyl, (meth)acryl, aromatic, cyclic or aliphatic alkyl radical. Application for making abrasion-resistant coating on plastic ophtalmic lenses.