Patents by Inventor Yasuharu Tanaka

Yasuharu Tanaka 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).

  • Patent number: 4433125
    Abstract: An oxygen permeable hard contact lens having an improved oxygen permeability and an improved fragility as well as excellent hardness and rigidity, made of a copolymer comprising an organosilane or organosiloxane having in one molecule at least one group of the general formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is hydrogen atom or methyl group, k is 0 or 1, and l is 1 or 3,and having at most 16 silicon atoms, and a fluoroalkyl acrylate or methacrylate of the general formula (II): ##STR2## wherein R.sup.1 is as defined above, m is 0 or 1, n is 0 or an integer of 1 to 3, and R.sub.f is a straight or branched fluoroalkyl group having 2 to 21 fluorine atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 1983
    Date of Patent: February 21, 1984
    Assignees: Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd., Toyo Contact Lens Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shoji Ichinohe, Kouzou Takahashi, Yasuharu Tanaka