Patents by Inventor Norbert Dörr

Norbert Dörr 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).

  • Printing apparatus for making colored contact lenses
    Patent number: 7726237
    Abstract: A printing station for producing a layer of coloring for a contact lens, comprising a transport system to carry and transport a molding tool which comprises at least one contact lens forming mold, a pad unit comprising at least one pad, and a blade unit suitable to carry and ink a cliché with an ink. When in use the pad transfers an inked image from the cliché to the contact lens forming mold. The printing station further at least partially cures the inked image after it has been transferred to the mold and cleans the pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2010
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Alfred Fischer, Norbert Dörr, Stefan Wolz, Peter Brotzmann, Stefan Schmittner