Patents Assigned to Rodenstock GmbH
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Patent number: 7334893Abstract: An ophthalmic lens and a method for producing a progressive ophthalmic lens having at least one progressive surface, where by a calculation and optimization step in the production of the progressive lens is performed. The absolute value of the rotation |rot {right arrow over (A)}| and/or the divergence |div {right arrow over (A)}| of a vectorial astigmatism {right arrow over (A)} is as small as possible, and the absolute value |{right arrow over (A)}| of the vectorial astigmatism {right arrow over (A)} is proportional to the absolute value of an astigmatism in the use position of the progressive lens. The direction of the vectorial astigmatism {right arrow over (A)} is proportional to the axial position of an astigmatism in the use position of the progressive lens or a surface astigmatism of the at least one progressive surface of the progressive lens.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2004Date of Patent: February 26, 2008Assignee: Rodenstock GmbHInventors: Helmut Altheimer, Gregor Esser, Wolfgang Becken, Walter Haimerl, Andrea Welk, Edda Wehner
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Publication number: 20080038483Abstract: A method for producing an eyeglass lens provided with improved adhesion between an antireflective coating or mirror coating that is applied to the eyeglass lens. The lens may have a single-layer or multilayer structure and a hydrophobic and/or oleophobic coating. The method includes the steps of: providing an eyeglass lens; optionally applying a hard layer to the surface of the eyeglass lens; applying an antireflective coating or mirror coating encompassing one or several antireflective layers or mirror layers; performing a plasma treatment after applying the outermost antireflective layer; and applying a hydrophobic and/or oleophobic coating.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2007Publication date: February 14, 2008Applicant: Rodenstock GmbHInventors: Baerbel Goetz, Cecile Stolz, Gerd-Peter Scherg, Silvia Tomalka
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Publication number: 20070279587Abstract: An individual eyeglass lens in which the vertical distance from the near reference point to the far distance point amounts to max. 18 millimeters, the progressive length is max. 14 millimeters, the main progressive length is max. 10 millimeters and the increase in refractive index, starting from the effect of the eyeglass lens at the far reference point up to a point 2 millimeters below the centering point amounts to less than 10% of the addition. The progressive length corresponds essentially to the vertical distance between the far reference point and a point essentially on the main line at which, starting from the far reference point, the value of the effect of the eyeglass lens corresponding the first time essentially to the near value.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2004Publication date: December 6, 2007Applicant: RODENSTOCK GMBHInventors: Gregor Esser, Helmut Altheimer, Norbert Awrath, Jochen Brosig, Walter Haimerl, Winfried Nikolaus, Kerstin Schmid, Edda Wehner, Andrea Welk, Martin Zimmermann
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Patent number: 7300153Abstract: A double progressive spectacle lens in which a first prescribed progressive surface can be freely designed. The second progressive surface is then optimized in relation to the first prescribed surface. Thereby, the resulting spectacle lens avoids the need to employ a classic hourglass design progression zone and produces optical and geometric advantages such as an overall height of the progressive lens.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2003Date of Patent: November 27, 2007Assignee: Rodenstock GmbHInventors: Edda Wehner, Andrea Welk, Gregor Esser, Helmut Altheimer, Walter Haimerl
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Publication number: 20070252949Abstract: A workplace screen lens, having a workplace screen lens optimized at the middle of the lens for the middle viewing distances of approximately 60 centimeters to approximately 90 centimeters, and the progressive channel at the middle of the lens is at least 4 millimeters wide. The effect increases from the middle of the lens toward the bottom with the vertical coordinate y equal to approximately 0, reaching a near vision zone with an essentially constant effect at y equal to approximately ?12 millimeters. The progressive channel has a width of least 15 millimeters in the near vision zone, preferably at the near-reference point, the effect decreases from the middle of the lens up to y equal to approximately +10 millimeters to approximately +12 millimeters above the middle of the lens.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2004Publication date: November 1, 2007Applicant: Rodenstock GmbHInventors: Helmut Altheimer, Gregor Esser, Walter Haimerl, Edda Wehner, Andrea Welk
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Publication number: 20070246692Abstract: Photochromic h-annellated benzo[f]chromene compounds, especially photochromic compounds derived from benzo[f]chromenes, which compounds have particular long wavelength absorption maxima in their closed form and exhibit good performance in the open, colored form, so that good compatibility is achieved with indenonaphthopyrans which are diffused in phototropic glasses used in phototropic glass applications, and the use of such photochromic h-annellated benzo[f]chromene compounds in photochromic synthetic resin articles, particularly ophthalmic lenses.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2007Publication date: October 25, 2007Applicant: Rodenstock GmbHInventors: Manfred Melzig, Yven Rohlfing, Udo Weigand
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Publication number: 20070172622Abstract: An ophthalmic glass that has a special layer structure and a surface energy of less than 15 mJ/m2, as well as a method of making a spectacle lens by grinding and/or stamping such an ophthalmic glass.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2007Publication date: July 26, 2007Applicant: RODENSTOCK GMBHInventors: Baerbel Goetz, Cecile Stolz, Gerd-Peter Scherg
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Publication number: 20070132945Abstract: A method of calculating an individual progressive lens creates one or more basic designs for lenses based on theoretical specifications, and then creates starting designs from these basic designs. Individual progressive lenses are calculated from the starting designs corresponding to the individual data from wearing test subjects. Valid starting designs are then created fr production. The individual lenses are calculated from the starting designs according to individual customer data.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2003Publication date: June 14, 2007Applicant: RODENSTOCK GmbHInventors: Stephan Haser, Andrea Welk, Gregor Esser, Helmut Altheimer, Walter Haimerl
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Patent number: 7229989Abstract: Photochromic 3H-naphtho[2,1-b]pyran compounds corresponding to formula I in which the groups R1 to R7 and B? have defined meanings and the use of such photochromic compounds in synthetic resin articles of all types, particularly for ophthalmic purposes. The photochromic 3H-naphtho[2,1-b]pyran derivatives have particularly long-waved absorption maxima in the open form, and when used in photochromic eyeglass lenses, produce essentially blue color tones which have a high darkening capacity.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2004Date of Patent: June 12, 2007Assignee: Rodenstock GmbHInventors: Claudia Mann, Manfred Melzig, Udo Weigand
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Patent number: 7229576Abstract: The present invention relates to specific photochromic phenanthropyrans as well as to their use in synthetic resin materials of all types, especially for ophthalmic purposes. In particular, the present invention relates to photochromic compounds derived from 2H-phenanthro[2,1-b]pyrans and 3H-phenanthro[3,4-b]pyrans, which in the open form have especially long wavelength absorption maxima, but in the unexcited state are still colorless.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2006Date of Patent: June 12, 2007Assignee: Rodenstock GmbHInventors: Claudia Mann, Manfred Melzig, Udo Weigand
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Publication number: 20070109496Abstract: A method of producing a progressive spectacle glass by defining an ordering value for the average use value in the far reference point of the progressive spectacle glass, calculating the progressive spectacle glass while taking into account a calculation value of the average use value in the far reference point, the calculation value having a negative desired refraction deviation between 0.03 dpt and 0.2 dpt with respect to the ordering value in the far reference point, and producing the calculated progressive spectacle glass.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 17, 2004Publication date: May 17, 2007Applicant: RODENSTOCK GMBHInventors: Helmut Altheimer, Gregor Esser, Andrea Welk, Leonhard Schmid, Martin Zimmermann, Kerstin Schmid, Norbert Awrath, Jochen Brosig, Winfried Nikolaus, Werner Muller, Ilka Schwarz
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Patent number: 7210779Abstract: A double-progressive spectacle lens in which the progressive action is distributed over the front and rear surfaces of the double-progressive spectacle lenses and described by the quotient Q Q=Addvfl/AddGesamt where Addvfl represents the increase in the surface dioptric power along the principal line on the front surface between the distance area and the near area, and ADDGesamt represents the increase in the total dioptric power along the principal line between the distance area and the near area, and the fraction Q increases with growing distance area effect F: ? Q ? ( F ) ? F ? 0.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2005Date of Patent: May 1, 2007Assignee: Rodenstock GmbHInventors: Gregor Esser, Walter Haimerl, Edda Wehner, Andrea Welk, Helmut Altheimer, Martin Zimmerman
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Publication number: 20070035696Abstract: An ophthalmic lens and a method for producing a progressive ophthalmic lens having at least one progressive surface, where by a calculation and optimization step in the production of the progressive lens is performed. The absolute value of the rotation |rot {right arrow over (A)}| and/or the divergence |div {right arrow over (A)}| of a vectorial astigmatism {right arrow over (A)} is as small as possible, and the absolute value |{right arrow over (A)}| of the vectorial astigmatism {right arrow over (A)} is proportional to the absolute value of an astigmatism in the use position of the progressive lens. The direction of the vectorial astigmatism {right arrow over (A)} is proportional to the axial position of an astigmatism in the use position of the progressive lens or a surface astigmatism of the at least one progressive surface of the progressive lens.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2004Publication date: February 15, 2007Applicant: Rodenstock GmbHInventors: Helmut Altheimer, Gregor Esser, Wolfgang Becken, Walter Haimerl, Andrea Welk, Edda Wehner
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Patent number: 7168805Abstract: A method of optimizing a progressive lens is described. This invention is characterized by the following steps: selecting a preset progressive lens having a preset object distance function A1(x,y), selecting an object distance function A2(x=x0,y) along the main line of vision of the preset progressive lens for a lens that is to be derived, locating the map U:y?y? along the main line of vision, such that the value y? for which the following holds is calculated for each value of y: A1(x=x0,y)=A2(x=x0,y?), calculating the setpoint values S(x,y) at S(x,y?)=S(x,U(y)).Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2005Date of Patent: January 30, 2007Assignee: Rodenstock GmbHInventors: Edda Wehner, Andrea Welk, Gregor Esser, Helmut Altheimer, Walter Haimerl
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Publication number: 20070008488Abstract: The invention relates to a method of producing a single-strength spectacle lens while taking into account an individual spectacle wearer's data, the single-strength spectacle lens having a rotationally symmetrical base surface and a rotationally symmetrical aspherical or atoric prescription surface, comprising the following steps: Acquisition of an individual spectacle wearer's data; selection of a spectacle lens blank with a predetermined base surface from a group of spectacle lens blanks; and calculation and optimization of the prescription surface while taking into account at least a part of the individual spectacle wearer's data in addition to an adaptation of the dioptric effect by the prescription surface to the spectacle wearer's prescription. The invention also relates to a corresponding system for producing a single-strength spectacle lens and to an individual single-strength spectacle lens.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 17, 2004Publication date: January 11, 2007Applicant: RODENSTOCK GMBHInventors: Gregor Esser, Werner Mueller, Herbert Pfeiffer, Helmut Altheimer, Peter Baumbach, Walter Haimerl, Jochen Brosig
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Patent number: 7144110Abstract: A double progressive spectacle lens having a prefabricated progressive surface and a second progressive surface for correcting a spherical ametropia or a cylindrical ametropia, in which the surface properties of the progressive surface in the vicinity of the principal line of sight are asymmetric, the asymmetry being determined by the symmetry factor SA, which is determined in relation to the level A by the ratio of the smaller to the larger horizontal distance between the principal line of sight and the location at which the surface astigmatism in the horizontal section reaches the value A [dpt].Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2005Date of Patent: December 5, 2006Assignee: Rodenstock GmbHInventors: Walter Haimerl, Helmut Altheimer, Gregor Esser, Edda Wehner, Andrea Welk
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Publication number: 20060219990Abstract: The present invention relates to specific photochromic phenanthropyrans as well as to their use in synthetic resin materials of all types, especially for ophthalmic purposes. In particular, the present invention relates to photochromic compounds derived from 2H-phenanthro[2,1-b]pyrans and 3H-phenanthro[3,4-b]pyrans, which in the open form have especially long wavelength absorption maxima, but in the unexcited state are still colorless.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2006Publication date: October 5, 2006Applicant: Rodenstock GMBHInventors: Claudia Mann, Manfred Melzig, Udo Weigand
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Patent number: 7083277Abstract: A pair of spectacle lenses in which one spectacle lens is designed for distance vision or near vision, and the second spectacle lens is designed for another object distance.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2005Date of Patent: August 1, 2006Assignee: Rodenstock GmbHInventors: Gregor Esser, Helmut Altheimer, Walter Haimerl, Edda Wehner, Andrea Welk
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Patent number: 7073903Abstract: Spectacles comprise a bridge connecting two lenses, and side pieces mounted on the lenses for carrying spectacle bows, the lenses being connected to the side pieces and to the bridge by an attachment which comprises a U-shaped wire loop which is inserted into a bore in a lens and is secured by a plug in such manner that the wire is urged into positive engagement with axially extending grooves in a wall of the bore.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2002Date of Patent: July 11, 2006Assignee: Rodenstock GmbHInventor: Klaus Rapp
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Patent number: D552346Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2005Date of Patent: October 9, 2007Assignee: Rodenstock GmbHInventor: Harald Schoenmueller