Patents by Inventor Michael G. Gartley

Michael G. Gartley 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).

  • Lens with colored portion and coated surface
    Patent number: 7147326
    Abstract: A lens with a colored portion is composed of a lens-forming polymer having a front lens surface and a back lens surface. A colorant is applied to at least one of these surfaces, and these surfaces may be coated with a coating layer composed of a material different than the lens-forming polymer. In the case of a cosmetic contact lens, the colorant may be applied in an annular ring pattern corresponding to an iris, so that the colorant pattern masks and changes the apparent color of the natural iris when the contact lens is worn.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2006
    Assignee: Bausch & Lomb Incorporated
    Inventors: Jay F. Künzler, Gary D. Friends, Daniel M. Ammon, Joseph A. McGee, Michael G. Gartley
  • Lens with colored portion and coated surface
    Patent number: 7021761
    Abstract: A lens with a colored portion is composed of a lens-forming polymer having a front lens surface and a back lens surface. A colorant is applied to at least one of these surfaces, and these surfaces may be coated with a coating layer composed of a material different than the lens-forming polymer. In the case of a cosmetic contact lens, the colorant may be applied in an annular ring pattern corresponding to an iris, so that the colorant pattern masks and changes the apparent color of the natural iris when the contact lens is worn.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2006
    Assignee: Bausch & Lomb Incorporated
    Inventors: Jay F. Künzler, Gary D. Friends, Daniel M. Ammon, Joseph A. McGee, Michael G. Gartley
  • Lens with colored portion and coated surface
    Publication number: 20040001181
    Abstract: A lens with a colored portion is composed of a lens-forming polymer having a front lens surface and a back lens surface. A colorant is applied to at least one of these surfaces, and these surfaces may be coated with a coating layer composed of a material different than the lens-forming polymer. In the case of a cosmetic contact lens, the colorant may be applied in an annular ring pattern corresponding to an iris, so that the colorant pattern masks and changes the apparent color of the natural iris when the contact lens is worn.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2002
    Publication date: January 1, 2004
    Inventors: Jay F. Kunzler, Gary D. Friends, Daniel M. Ammon, Joseph A. McGee, Michael G. Gartley
  • Method of making lens with colored portion
    Patent number: 6467904
    Abstract: A method of making a lens, such as a contact lens, with a colored portion involves introducing a lens-forming monomer mixture and a colored material to a lens mold, applying a magnetic field to the monomer mixture and the colored material, whereby the colored material migrates in response to the magnetic field to form a desired pattern, and curing the lens-forming monomer mixture with the colored material forming a desired colored pattern in the lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2002
    Assignee: Bausch & Lomb Incorporated
    Inventors: Michael G. Gartley, Daniel M. Ammon, Jr.
  • Method of making lens with colored portion
    Patent number: 6248266
    Abstract: A method of making a lens, such as a contact lens, with a colored portion involves introducing a lens-forming monomer mixture and an ionic colored material to a lens mold, applying an electrical field to the monomer mixture and the colored material, whereby the colored material migrates in response to the electrical field to form a desired pattern, and curing the lens-forming monomer mixture with the colored material forming a desired colored pattern in the lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2001
    Assignee: Bausch & Lomb Incorporated
    Inventors: Michael G. Gartley, Daniel M. Ammon, Jr.