Patents by Inventor Michael F. Haley

Michael F. Haley 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).

  • Precision Coating of Ophthalmic Lenses With Photochromic Coatings
    Publication number: 20240408635
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an optical article includes supplying a first coating composition and supplying one or more additional coating compositions to an ultrasonic discharge nozzle of a coating apparatus. At least one of the first coating composition and the one or more additional coating compositions is a photochromic coating composition. The method includes mixing the first coating composition and the one or more additional coating compositions at the ultrasonic discharge nozzle of the coating apparatus, and applying the mixture of the first coating composition and the one or more additional coating compositions to at least a portion of the optical article so as to provide a pattern on the optical article upon exposure to actinic radiation. The mixture of the first coating composition and the one or more additional coating compositions is applied from the ultrasonic discharge nozzle as a controlled, predetermined pattern of atomized droplets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2024
    Publication date: December 12, 2024
    Inventors: Elizabeth A. Zezinka, Michael F. Haley, David B. Knowles, Anil Kumar, David J. Park, Brian Smyth, Cathy A. Taylor
  • Curable photochromic compositions
    Patent number: 11795331
    Abstract: A curable photochromic composition can include: (a) a first component having a first compound with at least two active hydrogen-functional groups and an active hydrogen-functional group equivalent weight of at least 1000; (b) a second component having at least one of a polyisocyanate and a blocked polyisocyanate; and (c) at least one photochromic compound. The ratio of total isocyanate and blocked isocyanate group equivalents of the second component to total active hydrogen-functional group equivalents is at least 4:1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Transitions Optical, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael F. Haley, Linda K. Anderson, Anthony T. Gestrich, David B. Knowles, Stephen Robinson, Feng Wang, Elizabeth A. Zezinka
  • Curable Photochromic Compositions
    Publication number: 20210163761
    Abstract: A curable photochromic composition can include: (a) a first component having a first compound with at least two active hydrogen-functional groups and an active hydrogen-functional group equivalent weight of at least 1000; (b) a second component having at least one of a polyisocyanate and a blocked polyisocyanate; and (c) at least one photochromic compound. The ratio of total isocyanate and blocked isocyanate group equivalents of the second component to total active hydrogen-functional group equivalents is at least 4:1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2021
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Inventors: Michael F. Haley, Linda K. Anderson, Anthony T. Gestrich, David B. Knowles, Stephen G. Robinson, Feng Wang, Elizabeth A. Zezinka