Patents by Inventor Pierre Gerligand

Pierre Gerligand 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).

  • Method for stabilizing contact lenses
    Patent number: 9791716
    Abstract: A method for stabilizing contact lenses includes providing a lens design with a nominal set of stabilization zone parameters, applying a merit function to the lens design based on balancing moments of momentum, and creating a contact lens design with improved stabilization based on the application of the merit functions to the lens design with a nominal set of stabilization zone parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.
    Inventors: Pierre Gerligand, Edgar V. Menezes
  • Stabilization of contact lenses
    Patent number: 9383592
    Abstract: Contact lens designs are provided with improved stabilization wherein the moments of momentum are balanced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.
    Inventors: Edgar V. Menezes, Pierre Gerligand
  • METHOD FOR STABILIZING CONTACT LENSES
    Publication number: 20150346514
    Abstract: A method for stabilizing contact lenses includes providing a lens design with a nominal set of stabilization zone parameters, applying a merit function to the lens design based on balancing moments of momentum, and creating a contact lens design with improved stabilization based on the application of the merit functions to the lens design with a nominal set of stabilization zone parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2015
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Inventors: Pierre Gerligand, Edgar V. Menezes
  • Method for stabilizing contact lenses
    Patent number: 9134545
    Abstract: A method for stabilizing contact lenses includes providing a lens design with a nominal set of stabilization zone parameters, applying a merit function to the lens design based on balancing moments of momentum, and creating a contact lens design with improved stabilization based on the application of the merit functions to the lens design with a nominal set of stabilization zone parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.
    Inventors: Pierre Gerligand, Edgar V. Menezes
  • Stabilization of contact lenses
    Patent number: 9091866
    Abstract: Contact lens designs are provided with improved stabilization wherein the moments of momentum are balanced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.
    Inventors: Edgar V. Menezes, Pierre Gerligand
  • STABILIZATION OF CONTACT LENSES
    Publication number: 20150146163
    Abstract: Contact lens designs are provided with improved stabilization wherein the moments of momentum are balanced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2015
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Applicant: Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.
    Inventors: Edgar V. Menezes, Pierre Gerligand
  • Stabilization of contact lenses
    Patent number: 8974057
    Abstract: Contact lens designs are provided with improved stabilization wherein the moments of momentum are balanced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.
    Inventors: Edgar V. Menezes, Pierre Gerligand
  • STABILIZATION OF CONTACT LENSES
    Publication number: 20140098340
    Abstract: Contact lens designs are provided with improved stabilization wherein the moments of momentum are balanced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2013
    Publication date: April 10, 2014
    Applicant: Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.
    Inventors: Edgar V. Menezes, Pierre Gerligand
  • METHOD FOR STABILIZING CONTACT LENSES
    Publication number: 20130335698
    Abstract: A method for stabilizing contact lenses includes providing a lens design with a nominal set of stabilization zone parameters, applying a merit function to the lens design based on balancing moments of momentum, and creating a contact lens design with improved stabilization based on the application of the merit functions to the lens design with a nominal set of stabilization zone parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2013
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Applicant: Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.
    Inventors: Pierre Gerligand, Edgar V. Menezes
  • Method for stabilizing contact lenses
    Patent number: 8480229
    Abstract: A method for stabilizing contact lenses includes providing a lens design with a nominal set of stabilization zone parameters, applying a merit function to the lens design based on balancing moments of momentum, and creating a contact lens design with improved stabilization based on the application of the merit functions to the lens design with a nominal set of stabilization zone parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.
    Inventors: Pierre Gerligand, Edgar V. Menezes
  • Method for producing stabilized contact lenses
    Patent number: 8439499
    Abstract: Contact lenses with stabilization zones are designed using mathematical constructs such as Bezier curves and which are subjected to modeling on-eye performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.
    Inventor: Pierre Gerligand
  • Stabilized contact lenses
    Patent number: 8322851
    Abstract: Contact lenses with stabilization zones are designed using mathematical constructs such as Bezier curves and which are subjected to modeling on-eye performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.
    Inventor: Pierre Gerligand
  • STABILIZATION OF CONTACT LENSES
    Publication number: 20120127424
    Abstract: Contact lens designs are provided with improved stabilization wherein the moments of momentum are balanced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2012
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Inventors: Edgar V. Menezes, Pierre Gerligand
  • METHOD FOR STABILIZING CONTACT LENSES
    Publication number: 20110149231
    Abstract: A method for stabilizing contact lenses includes providing a lens design with a nominal set of stabilization zone parameters, applying a merit function to the lens design based on balancing moments of momentum, and creating a contact lens design with improved stabilization based on the application of the merit functions to the lens design with a nominal set of stabilization zone parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2009
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Inventors: Pierre Gerligand, Edgar V. Menezes
  • METHOD FOR PRODUCING STABILIZED CONTACT LENSES
    Publication number: 20110149233
    Abstract: METHOD FOR PRODUCING STABILIZED CONTACT LENSES Contact lenses with stabilization zones are designed using mathematical constructs such as Bezier curves and which are subjected to modeling on-eye performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2009
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Inventor: Pierre Gerligand
  • CONTACT LENSES WITH STABILIZATION FEATURES
    Publication number: 20110149229
    Abstract: Stabilized contact lenses have unconventional stabilization zones such as with the bulk of their length lying beneath the horizontal axis of the lens, a differing rate of change of slope (from peak) in one direction relative to the other, and a different height profile above the horizontal axis than below the horizontal axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2009
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Inventors: Pierre GERLIGAND, Edgar V. MENEZES
  • STABILIZATION OF CONTACT LENSES
    Publication number: 20110149230
    Abstract: Contact lens designs are provided with improved stabilization wherein the moments of momentum are balanced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2009
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Inventors: Edgar V. Menezes, Pierre Gerligand
  • STABILIZED CONTACT LENSES
    Publication number: 20110149232
    Abstract: Contact lenses with stabilization zones are designed using mathematical constructs such as Bezier curves and which are subjected to modeling on-eye performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2009
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Inventor: Pierre Gerligand
  • Short channel progressive addition lenses
    Patent number: 7837325
    Abstract: Designing a progressive addition lens includes using scaled surface powers and/or cylinder powers of base curves to determine a set of power targets, and using these targets to determine a lens design.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2010
    Assignee: Essilor International (Compagnie Generale d'Optique)
    Inventors: C. Benjamin Wooley, Pierre Gerligand, Shyamy Sastry, Jing Wang
  • Process for the manufacture of spectacle lenses
    Patent number: 7832862
    Abstract: The invention provides methods for eliminating sharp edges that typically result during the production of uncut lenses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2010
    Assignee: Essilor International (Compagnie Generale d'Optique)
    Inventors: Timothy Joseph, Pierre Gerligand