Patents by Inventor Terry L. Spaulding

Terry L. Spaulding 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).

  • Cosmetic contact lenses having a sparkle effect
    Patent number: 7802883
    Abstract: The invention provides sparkle additives useful in producing cosmetic lenses, and lenses produced using the sparkle additives that produce a sparkle-effect when the lens is viewed on-eye. The sparkle effect is produced while, at the same time, maintaining the natural appearance of the eye.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2010
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.
    Inventors: Dawn D. Wright, Diana Zanini, Kanda Kumar Balasubramanian, Terry L. Spaulding, Douglas L. Evans, Jeffrey H. Roffman, Karin D. McCarthy
  • TINTED SILICONE OPHTHALMIC DEVICES, PROCESSES AND POLYMERS USED IN THE PREPARATION OF SAME
    Publication number: 20090244479
    Abstract: Tinted ophthalmic devices, methods for their production, and non-crosslinked binding polymers used in their production are disclosed herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2009
    Publication date: October 1, 2009
    Inventors: Diana Zanini, Ryan David Palusak, Adam C. Reboul, Terry L. Spaulding, Frank F. Molock, JR., Ture Kindt-Larsen, Frederik R. Sleenstrup
  • Cosmetic Contact Lenses Having a Sparkle Effect
    Publication number: 20090190091
    Abstract: The invention provides sparkle additives useful in producing cosmetic lenses, and lenses produced using the sparkle additives that produce a sparkle-effect when the lens is viewed on-eye. The sparkle effect is produced while, at the same time, maintaining the natural appearance of the eye.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2008
    Publication date: July 30, 2009
    Inventors: Dawn D. Wright, Diana Zanini, Kanda Kumar Balasubramanian, Terry L. Spaulding, Douglas G. Evans, Jeffrey H. Rothman, Karin D. McCarthy
  • Methods for the production of tinted contact lenses
    Patent number: 6852254
    Abstract: The invention provides a method for producing tinted contact lenses in which diffusion of monomer into the colorant is aided by heating of the molds. The invention provides a method, and lenses produced by that method, that reduces the residual, unbound polymer on the lens surface and lens surface roughness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2005
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.
    Inventors: Terry L. Spaulding, Keith B. Herrin
  • Methods for the extraction of contact lenses
    Publication number: 20040091613
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods for extracting excess materials from contact lenses, during which the contact lenses swell above their functional size. The methods include the steps of treating contact lenses with a liquid, preferably a solution that causes the contact lenses to swell to a size larger than their functional size, and treating the contact lenses with a liquid, preferably a solution that causes them to shrink back to their functional size.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2003
    Publication date: May 13, 2004
    Inventors: Joe M. Wood, Anthony Joseph Bernard, Douglas L. Evans, Terry L. Spaulding, Douglas G. Vanderlaan
  • Methods for the production of tinted contact lenses
    Publication number: 20040000732
    Abstract: The invention provides a method for producing tinted contact lenses in which diffusion of monomer into the colorant is aided by heating of the molds. The invention provides a method, and lenses produced by that method, that reduces the residual, unbound polymer on the lens surface and lens surface roughness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2002
    Publication date: January 1, 2004
    Inventors: Terry L. Spaulding, Keith B. Herrin
  • Process of manufacturing contact lenses with measured exposure to oxygen
    Patent number: 6610220
    Abstract: This invention provides a method of manufacturing a contact lens comprising the step of: dosing a contact lens mold comprising optical mold surfaces with an oxygen-sensitive reaction mixture, wherein said optical surfaces of said contact lens mold have between from 0.13×10−9 to 2.6×10−9 moles/cm2 O2 available to interfere with the reaction of said reaction mixture. This invention further provides a method of manufacturing a contact lens comprising the steps of: dosing a contact lens mold comprising optical mold surfaces with a reaction mixture, and sealing said reaction mixture and said optical mold surfaces away from a gaseous environment, wherein said optical surfaces of said contact lens mold were exposed to said gaseous environment comprising greater than 0.5 percent oxygen just prior to said sealing step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2003
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey D. Caltrider, Joseph W. Ricard, Terry L. Spaulding, Jeffrey E. Steven, Olin W. Calvin, John B. Enns, Ture Kindt-Larsen