Patents by Inventor Joan L. Pierce

Joan L. Pierce 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).

  • Method for labeling packages
    Patent number: 5842325
    Abstract: A method for labeling packages containing contact lenses involves applying to a package that contains a contact lens a machine-readable code identifying characteristics of the contact lens in the package, and later applying to the package printed language information generated from the machine readable code. The printed language information can be applied to the package at a site and/or time remote from the packaging and sterilization operations while ensuring product integrity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 1, 1998
    Assignee: Bausch & Lomb Incorporated
    Inventors: Margaret Mary R. Godly, Joan L. Pierce
  • Disposable contact lens package with snap-together feature
    Patent number: 5722536
    Abstract: A disposable contact lens package includes a plurality of legs extending from the periphery thereof which may be placed in releasable, meshing engagement with the legs of a second identical package placed in stacked relation to the first package, the two stacked packages forming a compact unit thereby facilitating shipping, storage, and subsequent handling by the consumer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 3, 1998
    Assignee: Bausch & Lomb Incorporated
    Inventors: Joan L. Pierce, Margaret Mary R. Godly, Steven B. Renner
  • Contact lens mold packaging
    Patent number: 5407062
    Abstract: A contact lens package made from one of the mold parts used to mold a contact lens, the lens being packaged in a storage cavity separate from a molding surface of the mold part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 18, 1995
    Assignee: Bausch & Lomb Incorporated
    Inventors: John H. Shannon, Joan L. Pierce