Abstract: The present invention is addressed to solving the problem of AR coating lenses having at least one or more. textured translucent regions, without altering the effectiveness of the translucent regions to reduce glare. A part of the uniqueness of the present invention is that the AR coating is applied on the surface that opposes the translucent region. As such, part of the invention is the discovery that AR coating the lens on the surface opposing the translucent regions does not limit its ability to block glare inasmuch as the coating does not alter the surface contour of the translucent region.

Abstract: The present invention is addressed to a method for fabricating lenses having at least one or more translucent regions used to reduce glare and/or increase visual acuity. To overcome the limitations of the prior art, an injection mold die having a selective portion thereof textured with a pattern or so-called "texture," which is replicated on the lens during injection molding, is employed to form a region of desired translucency on the finished lens. Various methods may be employed to fabricate the texture or pattern on the desired surface portion of the mold die, including mechanical engraving, chemical etching, and electrical-erosion machining (EDM and ECM). Typically, the texture or pattern includes multiple grained features of a quasi-repeating geometrical pattern distributed on the selected portion of the mold die.