Patents by Inventor Stacey V. Maggio

Stacey V. Maggio 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 OF CREATING A VISIBLE MARK ON LENS USING A LEUCO DYE
    Publication number: 20130083287
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a contact lens having a visible mark including the steps of (i) curing a hydrogel having reactive components including a leuco dye and a silicone component to form the contact lens and (ii) activating the leuco dye in at least a portion of said contact lens to change the color of the leuco dye to create the visible mark; wherein the leuco dye contains at least one methacrylate, acrylate, or styrene functional group, and the leuco dye polymerizes with the silicone component during the curing step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2012
    Publication date: April 4, 2013
    Applicant: Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.
    Inventors: Yongcheng Li, Stacey V. Maggio, Stephen C. Pegram
  • METHOD OF CREATING A VISIBLE MARK ON LENS USING A LEUCO DYE
    Publication number: 20130083286
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a lens having at least one visible mark including the steps of (i) manufacturing a lens containing a leuco dye and (ii) activating the leuco dye t in at least a portion of said contact lens o change the color of the leuco dye to create the visible mark.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2012
    Publication date: April 4, 2013
    Applicant: Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.
    Inventors: Yongcheng Li, Stacey V. Maggio, Stephen C. Pegram