Patents by Inventor Huayun Yu
Huayun Yu 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).
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Publication number: 20140364618Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of making indeno-fused naphthol materials, that involves, with some embodiments, forming an indanone acid intermediate, represented by the following general Formula V, With Formula V, m is from 0 to 4, and R1 for each m, Rg and Rh can each be independently selected from, for example, hydrogen and hydrocarbyl.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 13, 2014Publication date: December 11, 2014Applicant: Transitions Opticals, Inc.Inventors: Anu Chopra, Barry Van Gemert, Wenjing Xiao, Huayun Yu
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Publication number: 20140225049Abstract: The present invention provides ophthalmic devices comprising at least one photochromic material which is an indeno-fused naphthopyran having a pi-conjugation extending group bonded to the 11-position of the indeno-fused naphthopyran, the pi-conjugation extending group having at least one pendent halo-substituted group bonded thereto. The pi-conjugation extending group extends the pi-conjugation system of said indeno-fused naphthopyran. The 13-position of the indeno-fused naphthopyran is substantially free of spiro-substituents. The invention further provides photochromic materials of specified structure, photochromic compositions, photochromic articles and optical elements that include the photochromic materials. Other non-limiting embodiments relate to methods of making the ophthalmic devices comprising photochromic materials.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 22, 2014Publication date: August 14, 2014Applicant: Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.Inventors: Anu Chopra, Jun Deng, Beon-Kyu Kim, David B. Knowles, Frank F. Molock, JR., Victor A. Montes, Stephen D. Straight, Wenjing Xiao, Huayun Yu
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Patent number: 8765978Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of making indeno-fused naphthol materials, that involves, with some embodiments, forming an indanone acid intermediate, which can be represented by the following general Formula V, With Formula V, m is from 0 to 4, and R1 for each m, Rg and Rh can each be independently selected from, for example, hydrogen and hydrocarbyl. The present invention also relates to a method of making an indeno-fused naphthopyran that involves an indanone acid intermediate synthetic route.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2011Date of Patent: July 1, 2014Assignee: Transitions Optical, Inc.Inventors: Anu Chopra, Barry Van Gemert, Wenjing Xiao, Huayun Yu
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Patent number: 8741188Abstract: The present invention provides ophthalmic devices comprising at least one photochromic material which is an indeno-fused naphthopyran having a pi-conjugation extending group bonded to the 11-position of the indeno-fused naphthopyran, the pi-conjugation extending group having at least one pendent halo-substituted group bonded thereto. The pi-conjugation extending group extends the pi-conjugation system of said indeno-fused naphthopyran. The 13-position of the indeno-fused naphthopyran is substantially free of spiro-substituents. The invention further provides photochromic materials of specified structure, photochromic compositions, photochromic articles and optical elements that include the photochromic materials. Other non-limiting embodiments relate to methods of making the ophthalmic devices comprising photochromic materials.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2012Date of Patent: June 3, 2014Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.Inventors: Anu Chopra, Jun Deng, Beon-Kyu Kim, David B. Knowles, Frank F. Molock, Jr., Victor A. Montes, Stephen D. Straight, Wenjing Xiao, Huayun Yu
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Patent number: 8647538Abstract: The present invention relates to photochromic compounds that include at least two photochromic moieties that are linked together by a multivalent linking group. The multivalent linking group can be selected so as to be flexible and/or substantially prevent electronic interaction between any two photochromic moieties through the multivalent linking group. The present invention also relates to photochromic compositions and articles that include at least a photochromic amount of one or more photochromic compounds of the present invention.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2011Date of Patent: February 11, 2014Assignee: Transitions Optical, Inc.Inventors: Yunyi Lu, Wenjing Xiao, Robert W. Walters, Feng Wang, M. Frank Haley, Jason R. Lewis, Anu Chopra, Beon-Kyu Kim, Huayun Yu
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Patent number: 8535577Abstract: The present invention relates to photochromic materials that include certain indeno-fused naphthopyrans. The indeno-fused naphthopyrans have an amino group (e.g., a piperidino or morpholino group) bonded to the 6-position and hydrogen or a halo group (e.g., fluoro) bonded to the 11-position thereof. The photochromic materials of the present invention can have a closed-form electromagnetic radiation absorption spectrum that is shifted to longer wavelengths (e.g., wavelengths of greater than 390 nm), relative to comparable photochromic materials. The present invention also relates to optical elements, such as eyeglasses, that include the photochromic materials of the present invention.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2011Date of Patent: September 17, 2013Assignee: Transitions Optical, Inc.Inventors: Anu Chopra, David B. Knowles, Huayun Yu
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Publication number: 20130065056Abstract: The present invention provides ophthalmic devices comprising at least one photochromic material which is an indeno-fused naphthopyran having a pi-conjugation extending group bonded to the 11-position of the indeno-fused naphthopyran, the pi-conjugation extending group having at least one pendent halo-substituted group bonded thereto. The pi-conjugation extending group extends the pi-conjugation system of said indeno-fused naphthopyran. The 13-position of the indeno-fused naphthopyran is substantially free of spiro-substituents. The invention further provides photochromic materials of specified structure, photochromic compositions, photochromic articles and optical elements that include the photochromic materials. Other non-limiting embodiments relate to methods of making the ophthalmic devices comprising photochromic materials.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2012Publication date: March 14, 2013Inventors: Anu Chopra, Jun Deng, Beon-Kyu Kim, David B. Knowies, Frank F. Molock, JR., Victor A. Montes, Stephen D. Straight, Wenjing Xiao, Huayun Yu
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Patent number: 8388872Abstract: The present invention provides a photochromic material which is an indeno-fused naphthopyran of structural formulas I or II, having a pi-conjugation extending group bonded to the 11-position of the indeno-fused naphthopyran, the pi-conjugation extending group having at least one pendent halo-substituted group bonded thereto. The pi-conjugation extending group extends the pi-conjugation system of said indeno-fused naphthopyran. The 13-position of the indeno-fused naphthopyran is substantially free of spiro-substituents. The invention further provides photochromic materials of specified structure, photochromic compositions, photochromic articles and optical elements that include the photochromic material.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2012Date of Patent: March 5, 2013Assignee: Transitions Optical, Inc.Inventors: Anu Chopra, Jun Deng, Beon-Kyu Kim, David B. Knowles, Frank F. Molock, Jr., Victor A. Montes, Stephen D. Straight, Wenjing Xiao, Huayun Yu
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Patent number: 8277699Abstract: The present invention relates to photochromic materials that include certain indeno-fused naphthopyrans. The indeno-fused naphthopyrans have an amino group (e.g., a piperidino or morpholino group) bonded to the 6-position and an optional halo group (e.g., fluoro) bonded to the 11-position thereof. The photochromic materials of the present invention may have a closed-form electromagnetic radiation absorption spectrum that is shifted to longer wavelengths (e.g., wavelengths of greater than 390 nm), relative to comparable photochromic materials. The present invention also relates to optical elements, such as eyeglasses, that include the photochromic materials of the present invention.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2011Date of Patent: October 2, 2012Assignee: Transistions Optical, Inc.Inventors: Anu Chopra, David B. Knowles, Huayun Yu
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Publication number: 20120214992Abstract: The present invention relates to photochromic materials that include certain indeno-fused naphthopyrans. The indeno-fused naphthopyrans have an amino group (e.g., a piperidino or morpholino group) bonded to the 6-position and hydrogen or a halo group (e.g., fluoro) bonded to the 11-position thereof. The photochromic materials of the present invention can have a closed-form electromagnetic radiation absorption spectrum that is shifted to longer wavelengths (e.g., wavelengths of greater than 390 nm), relative to comparable photochromic materials. The present invention also relates to optical elements, such as eyeglasses, that include the photochromic materials of the present invention.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2011Publication date: August 23, 2012Applicant: TRANSITIONS OPTICAL, INC.Inventors: Anu Chopra, David B. Knowles, Huayun Yu
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Publication number: 20120157696Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of making indeno-fused naphthol materials, that involves, with some embodiments, forming an indanone acid intermediate, which can be represented by the following general Formula V, With Formula V, m is from 0 to 4, and R1 for each m, Rg and Rh can each be independently selected from, for example, hydrogen and hydrocarbyl. The present invention also relates to a method of making an indeno-fused naphthopyran that involves an indanone acid intermediate synthetic route.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2011Publication date: June 21, 2012Applicant: TRANSITIONS OPTICAL, INC.Inventors: Anu Chopra, Barry Van Gemert, Wenjing Xiao, Huayun Yu
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Publication number: 20120156508Abstract: Described herein are compounds generally comprising an indeno[2?,3?:3,4]naptho[1,2-b]pyran structure. Such compounds may be useful for their photochromic properties, and be used in certain photochromic compositions. Such compositions may further comprise other photochromic compositions and/or materials. Additionally, such compounds and/or compositions may be suitable for preparing certain photochromic articles.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2011Publication date: June 21, 2012Applicant: TRANSITIONS OPTICAL, INC.Inventors: Meng He, Darrin R. Dabideen, Sujit Mondal, Xiao-Man Dai, Ruisong Xu, Wenjing Xiao, Massimiliano Tomasulo, Huayun Yu, Anu Chopra, Anil Kumar
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Publication number: 20120145973Abstract: The present invention relates to photochromic materials that include one or more indeno-fused naphthopyrans that have particular groups at the 7, 11, and 13 positions thereof, and at the position alpha to the oxygen of the pyran ring thereof. With some embodiments, hydrogen or an alkoxy group is bonded to the 7 position, an optionally substituted phenyl is bonded to the 11 position, two alkyl groups are bonded to the 13 position, and two optionally substituted phenyl groups are bonded to the position alpha to the oxygen of the pyran ring of the indeno-fused naphthopyran compound. The 13 position of the indeno-fused naphthopyrans is free of ether groups in which an ether oxygen is bonded to the 13 position, and hydroxyl. The present invention also relates to photochromic articles and compositions that include such indeno-fused naphthopyrans.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2011Publication date: June 14, 2012Applicant: TRANSITIONS OPTICAL INC.Inventors: Kevin E. Bancroft, Anu Chopra, Xiao-Man Dai, Beon-Kyu Kim, David B. Knowles, Jason R. Lewis, Victor A. Montes, Stephen D. Straight, Massimiliano Tomasulo, Barry Van Gemert, Robert W. Walters, Wenjing Xiao, Huayun Yu, Elizabeth A. Zezinka
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Publication number: 20120145975Abstract: The present invention provides a photochromic material which is an indeno-fused naphthopyran of structural formulas I or II, having a pi-conjugation extending group bonded to the 11-position of the indeno-fused naphthopyran, the pi-conjugation extending group having at least one pendent halo-substituted group bonded thereto. The pi-conjugation extending group extends the pi-conjugation system of said indeno-fused naphthopyran. The 13-position of the indeno-fused naphthopyran is substantially free of spiro-substituents. The invention further provides photochromic materials of specified structure, photochromic compositions, photochromic articles and optical elements that include the photochromic material.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2012Publication date: June 14, 2012Applicant: TRANSITIONS OPTICAL, INC.Inventors: Anu Chopra, Jun Deng, Beon-Kyu Kim, David B. Knowles, Frank Molock, Victor A. Montes, Stephen D. Straight, Wenjing Xiao, Huayun Yu
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Publication number: 20120136148Abstract: The present invention relates to photochromic compounds that include at least two photochromic moieties that are linked together by a multivalent linking group. The multivalent linking group can be selected so as to be flexible and/or substantially prevent electronic interaction between any two photochromic moieties through the multivalent linking group. The present invention also relates to photochromic compositions and articles that include at least a photochromic amount of one or more photochromic compounds of the present invention.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2011Publication date: May 31, 2012Applicant: TRANSITIONS OPTICAL, INC.Inventors: Yunyi Lu, Wenjing Xiao, Robert W. Walters, Feng Wang, M. Frank Haley, Jason R. Lewis, Anu Chopra, Beon-Kyu Kim, Huayun Yu
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Patent number: 8158037Abstract: The present invention provides ophthalmic devices comprising at least one photochromic material which is an indeno-fused naphthopyran having a pi-conjugation extending group bonded to the 11-position of the indeno-fused naphthopyran, the pi-conjugation extending group having at least one pendent halo-substituted group bonded thereto. The pi-conjugation extending group extends the pi-conjugation system of said indeno-fused naphthopyran. The 13-position of the indeno-fused naphthopyran is substantially free of spiro-substituents. The invention further provides photochromic materials of specified structure, photochromic compositions, photochromic articles and optical elements that include the photochromic materials. Other non-limiting embodiments relate to methods of making the ophthalmic devices comprising photochromic materials.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2010Date of Patent: April 17, 2012Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.Inventors: Anu Chopra, Jun Deng, Beon-Kyu Kim, David B. Knowles, Frank F. Molock, Jr., Victor A. Montes, Stephen D. Straight, Wenjing Xiao, Huayun Yu
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Patent number: 8147725Abstract: The present invention provides a photochromic material which is an indeno-fused naphthopyran having a pi-conjugation extending group bonded to the 11-position of the indeno-fused naphthopyran, the pi-conjugation extending group having at least one pendent halo-substituted group bonded thereto. The pi-conjugation extending group extends the pi-conjugation system of said indeno-fused naphthopyran. The 13-position of the indeno-fused naphthopyran is substantially free of spiro-substituents. The invention further provides photochromic materials of specified structure, photochromic compositions, photochromic articles and optical elements that include the photochromic material.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2010Date of Patent: April 3, 2012Assignee: Transitions Optical, IncInventors: Anu Chopra, Jun Deng, Beon-Kyu Kim, David B. Knowles, Frank Molock, Victor A. Montes, Stephen D. Straight, Wenjing Xiao, Huayun Yu
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Publication number: 20120053341Abstract: The present invention relates to photochromic materials that include certain indeno-fused naphthopyrans. The indeno-fused naphthopyrans have an amino group (e.g., a piperidino or morpholino group) bonded to the 6-position and an optional halo group (e.g., fluoro) bonded to the 11-position thereof. The photochromic materials of the present invention may have a closed-form electromagnetic radiation absorption spectrum that is shifted to longer wavelengths (e.g., wavelengths of greater than 390 nm), relative to comparable photochromic materials. The present invention also relates to optical elements, such as eyeglasses, that include the photochromic materials of the present invention.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2011Publication date: March 1, 2012Applicant: TRANSITIONS OPTICAL, INC.Inventors: Anu Chopra, David B. Knowles, Huayun Yu
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Publication number: 20110049445Abstract: The present invention provides ophthalmic devices comprising at least one photochromic material which is an indeno-fused naphthopyran having a pi-conjugation extending group bonded to the 11-position of the indeno-fused naphthopyran, the pi-conjugation extending group having at least one pendent halo-substituted group bonded thereto. The pi-conjugation extending group extends the pi-conjugation system of said indeno-fused naphthopyran. The 13-position of the indeno-fused naphthopyran is substantially free of spiro-substituents. The invention further provides photochromic materials of specified structure, photochromic compositions, photochromic articles and optical elements that include the photochromic materials. Other non-limiting embodiments relate to methods of making the ophthalmic devices comprising photochromic materials.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2010Publication date: March 3, 2011Inventors: Anu Chopra, Jun Deng, Beon-Kyu Kim, David B. Knowles, Frank F. Molock, JR., Victor A. Montes, Stephen D. Straight, Wenjing Xiao, Huayun Yu
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Publication number: 20110042629Abstract: The present invention provides a photochromic material which is an indeno-fused naphthopyran having a pi-conjugation extending group bonded to the 11-position of the indeno-fused naphthopyran, the pi-conjugation extending group having at least one pendent halo-substituted group bonded thereto. The pi-conjugation extending group extends the pi-conjugation system of said indeno-fused naphthopyran. The 13-position of the indeno-fused naphthopyran is substantially free of spiro-substituents. The invention further provides photochromic materials of specified structure, photochromic compositions, photochromic articles and optical elements that include the photochromic material.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2010Publication date: February 24, 2011Applicant: TRANSITIONS OPTICAL, INC.Inventors: Anu Chopra, Jun Deng, Beon-Kyu Kim, David B. Knowles, Frank Molock, Victor A. Montes, Stephen D. Straight, Wenjing Xiao, Huayun Yu