Patents by Inventor Daniel Graham Ward

Daniel Graham Ward 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).

  • Publication number: 20250041114
    Abstract: Described herein are devices and methods for storage and application of a contact lens. The device includes an applicator cap (102) including a handle portion (106a) having a first end, a second end, and a body that extends between the first end and the second end. The body includes at least one lever surface. The device includes a container (104) having a reservoir configured to house a contact lens and packaging solution. The at least one lever surface is configured to provide at least one leverage point for movement of the applicator cap relative to the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2022
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Inventors: Sam Jonathan POPWELL, Daniel Graham WARD, Stephen SAMS, William Stephen HONEY
  • Publication number: 20250009094
    Abstract: The present invention relates to improved contact lens packages comprising arms and methods of use. A contact lens package (100) houses a contact lens (138) and packaging solution and is configured to lift via arms (134, 144) the contact lens out of the packaging solution when the lid (106) is removed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2022
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Inventors: Sam Jonathan POPWELL, Daniel Graham WARD, Stephen SAMS, William Stephen HONEY
  • Patent number: 12187522
    Abstract: The present invention relates to improved contact lens packages and methods of use and manufacture/assembly. A contact lens package may include a cavity that houses a contact lens, packaging solution, and an absorbent member. In one aspect, the absorbent member may be configured for transitioning between an expanded state and a compressed state, and the absorbent member may be in the compressed state when the package is in an unopened state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.
    Inventors: Sam Jonathan Popwell, Daniel Graham Ward, Stephen Sams, Ismail Akram
  • Publication number: 20240425263
    Abstract: The present invention relates to improved contact lens packages and methods of use and manufacture/assembly. A contact lens package may include a cavity that houses a contact lens, packaging solution, and an absorbent member. In one aspect, the absorbent member may be configured for transitioning between an expanded state and a compressed state, and the absorbent member may be in the compressed state when the package is in an unopened state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2024
    Publication date: December 26, 2024
    Inventors: Sam Jonathan Popwell, Daniel Graham Ward, Stephen Sams, Ismail Akram
  • Publication number: 20240365939
    Abstract: A contact lens package includes a base having a proximal end and a distal end, a solution well between the proximal end and the distal end, a contact lens support in the solution well, a top opening between the proximal end and the distal end and over the contact lens support, and a via through a wall of the base adjacent the well, the via providing a fluid exit for solution within well. A removable lid overlying the top opening may be removably affixed over the top opening such that a user may remove the lid to access the contact lens. Using this package, fluid can be drained away from the contact lens in the package before removal from the package by a user, thus providing good adhesion between a user's finger or applicator and the lens over prior packaging.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2024
    Publication date: November 7, 2024
    Inventors: Sam Jonathan Popwell, Daniel Graham Ward, Stephen Sams, Ismail Akram
  • Patent number: 12064018
    Abstract: A contact lens package includes a base having a proximal end and a distal end, a solution well between the proximal end and the distal end, a contact lens support in the solution well, a top opening between the proximal end and the distal end and over the contact lens support, and a via through a wall of the base adjacent the well, the via providing a fluid exit for solution within well. A removable lid overlying the top opening may be removably affixed over the top opening such that a user may remove the lid to access the contact lens. Using this package, fluid can be drained away from the contact lens in the package before removal from the package by a user, thus providing good adhesion between a user's finger or applicator and the lens over prior packaging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.
    Inventors: Sam Jonathan Popwell, Daniel Graham Ward, Stephen Sams, Ismail Akram
  • Publication number: 20240239586
    Abstract: The present invention relates to improved contact lens packages and methods of use and manufacture/assembly. A contact lens package may include a cavity that houses a contact lens, packaging solution, and an absorbent member. In one aspect, the absorbent member may be configured for transitioning between an expanded state and a compressed state, and the absorbent member may be in the compressed state when the package is in an unopened state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2023
    Publication date: July 18, 2024
    Inventors: Sam Jonathan Popwell, Daniel Graham Ward, Stephen Sams, Ismail Akram
  • Publication number: 20240122321
    Abstract: The present invention relates to improved contact lens packages and methods of use and manufacture/assembly. A contact lens package may include a first cavity that houses a contact lens and packaging solution, and a second cavity that houses an absorbent member. In one aspect, the first cavity and the second cavity may be in fluid isolation from one another when the package is in an unopened state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2022
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: SAM JONATHAN POPWELL, Daniel Graham Ward, Stephen Sams, Ismail Akram
  • Publication number: 20240099434
    Abstract: A contact lens package includes a base having a proximal end and a distal end, a solution well between the proximal end and the distal end, a contact lens support in the solution well, a top opening between the proximal end and the distal end and over the contact lens support, and a via through a wall of the base adjacent the well, the via providing a fluid exit for solution within well. A removable lid overlying the top opening may be removably affixed over the top opening such that a user may remove the lid to access the contact lens. Using this package, fluid can be drained away from the contact lens in the package before removal from the package by a user, thus providing good adhesion between a user's finger or applicator and the lens over prior packaging.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2022
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Sam Jonathan Popwell, Daniel Graham Ward, Stephen Sams, Ismail Akram
  • Publication number: 20240099435
    Abstract: The present invention relates to improved contact lens packages and methods of use. An example flat contact lens package is described herein. The package includes a base component including a hinge and a lid component sealedly coupled to the base component. The base component and the lid component define a cavity configured to accommodate a contact lens and a packaging solution. Additionally, in an unopened state, the base component is biased toward the lid component, while in an opened state, a portion of the base component is configured to pivot about the hinge and drain the packaging solution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2022
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Sam Jonathan Popwell, Daniel Graham Ward, Stephen Sams, Ismail Akram
  • Publication number: 20230354974
    Abstract: The present invention relates to contact lens cases which allow the lens to be removed from the lens case with a single touch. The lenses cases comprise a lens support which holds the lens in a convex position. When package is drained there is less contact area between the support and wetted contact lens, than between the user’s finger and the contact lens, providing the desired one touch transfer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: Sam Jonathan Popwell, Scott F. Ansell, Daniel Graham Ward, Stephen Sam, William Stephen Honey, Ismail Akram
  • Publication number: 20230339672
    Abstract: The present invention relates to contact lens packages which allow the lens to be removed from the lens package with a single touch. The lenses packages comprise a lens support which holds the lens in a convex position. When the package is drained there is less contact area between the support and wetted contact lens than between the user's finger and the contact lens, providing the desired one touch transfer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventors: Sam Jonathan Popwell, Scott F. Ansell, Daniel Graham Ward, Stephen Sams, William Stephen Honey, Ismail Akram
  • Publication number: 20230276917
    Abstract: The present invention relates to improved contact lens packages. The package may be configured such that upon opening the package by a wearer the packaging solution drains away from the contact lens and is substantially recaptured in the lid. Lens packages also may include a lens support that facilitates single touch transfer or a colored region that visually indicates to a wearer where to hold the package for opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2021
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventors: Sam Jonathan Popwell, Scott F. Ansell, Daniel Graham Ward, Stephen Sams, William Stephen Honey, Ismail Akram
  • Patent number: 11708209
    Abstract: The present invention relates to improved contact lens packages and methods of use, manufacture, and assembly. A contact lens package houses a contact lens and packaging solution in which the contact lens may be held by surface tension to an intermediate plug, by which the user may insert the contact lens into the wearer's eye. The plug may have an adhesive that temporarily holds the plug to the user's fingertip while the contact lens is inserted into the wearer's eye.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.
    Inventors: Sam Jonathan Popwell, Daniel Graham Ward, Stephen Sams, William Stephen Honey
  • Publication number: 20230167606
    Abstract: A fibrous structure may have a lower side and an upper side, and may comprise three-dimensional, out-of-plane features formed by knuckles on a papermaking belt, the features may exhibit at least two Z-direction spatially separated surfaces defined in order spatially with respect to the lower side, wherein each successive surface progressing in a Z-direction away from the lower side may have a projected area less than the projected area of the surface adjacent and closer to the lower side, and each projected area may be bounded completely by the area of the projected area of the surface adjacent and closer to the lower side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2023
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Inventors: Geoffrey Eugene Seger, John Allen Manifold, Osman Polat, Andrew Paul Frank Milton, Robert Scadding Moir, Daniel Graham Ward, Richard Bown
  • Publication number: 20230143203
    Abstract: The present invention relates to improved contact lens packages and methods of use, manufacture, and assembly. A contact lens package houses a contact lens and packaging solution in which the contact lens may be held by surface tension to an intermediate plug, by which the user may insert the contact lens into the wearer's eye. The plug may have an adhesive that temporarily holds the plug to the user's fingertip while the contact lens is inserted into the wearer's eye.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2021
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Inventors: Sam Jonathan Popwell, Daniel Graham Ward, Stephen Sams, William Stephen Honey
  • Patent number: 11629462
    Abstract: A textured mask comprising a film. The film can have a first substantially continuously flat surface lying in a first plane and a second surface opposite the first surface lying in a second plane substantially parallel to the first plane. The second surface is interrupted by a plurality of cavities, each of the cavities having a first depth defined by a third surface lying in a third plane substantially parallel to the first and second planes. The depth of the cavities can be at a distance of from about 0.1 mm to about 5 mm from the second plane. The textured mask is at least partially coated with an opaque masking agent. The textured mask can make a correspondingly structured three-dimensional papermaking belt, which can make correspondingly structured three-dimensional fibrous structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Geoffrey Eugene Seger, John Allen Manifold, Osman Polat, Andrew Paul Frank Milton, Robert Scadding Moir, Daniel Graham Ward, Richard Bown
  • Publication number: 20230083028
    Abstract: The present invention relates to improved contact lens packages and methods of use and manufacture/assembly. A contact lens package houses a contact lens and packaging solution and is configured to lift the contact lens out of the packaging solution when force is applied to a lever of the package and/or when the package is squeezed by the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Inventors: Sam Jonathan Popwell, Scott F. Ansell, Daniel Graham Ward, Stephen Sams, Brett Shore, Ismail Akram
  • Publication number: 20210017710
    Abstract: A textured mask comprising a film. The film can have a first substantially continuously flat surface lying in a first plane and a second surface opposite the first surface lying in a second plane substantially parallel to the first plane. The second surface is interrupted by a plurality of cavities, each of the cavities having a first depth defined by a third surface lying in a third plane substantially parallel to the first and second planes. The depth of the cavities can be at a distance of from about 0.1 mm to about 5 mm from the second plane. The textured mask is at least partially coated with an opaque masking agent. The textured mask can make a correspondingly structured three-dimensional papermaking belt, which can make correspondingly structured three-dimensional fibrous structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2020
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Inventors: Geoffrey Eugene Seger, John Allen Manifold, Osman Polat, Andrew Paul Frank Milton, Robert Scadding Moir, Daniel Graham Ward, Richard Bown
  • Patent number: 10801161
    Abstract: A textured mask comprising a film. The film can have a first substantially continuously flat surface lying in a first plane and a second surface opposite the first surface lying in a second plane substantially parallel to the first plane. The second surface is interrupted by a plurality of cavities, each of the cavities having a first depth defined by a third surface lying in a third plane substantially parallel to the first and second planes. The depth of the cavities can be at a distance of from about 0.1 mm to about 5 mm from the second plane. The textured mask is at least partially coated with an opaque masking agent. The textured mask can make a correspondingly structured three-dimensional papermaking belt, which can make correspondingly structured three-dimensional fibrous structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Geoffrey Eugene Seger, John Allen Manifold, Osman Polat, Andrew Paul Frank Milton, Robert Scadding Moir, Daniel Graham Ward, Richard Bown