Patents by Inventor Svetlana Z. Short

Svetlana Z. Short 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 evaluating and designing lenses
    Patent number: 5067067
    Abstract: The invention provides a method suitable for computer implementation for manufacturing, designing and/or characterizing a lens or lens systems in terms of a manufacturing merit function that takes into account various factors that contribute to manufacturing costs and for designing lenses by using such manufacturing merit function criteria in an iterative lens design program to provide a lens design that is optimized on the basis both of optical and manufacturing considerations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 1989
    Date of Patent: November 19, 1991
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Lee R. Estelle, Svetlana Z. Short