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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8038865 | Diaphragm for electrolytic cell Describes a diaphragm for an electrolytic diaphragm cell, e.g., a chlor-alkali cell, in which the diaphragm comprises fibrous material substantially resistant to the environment within the electrolytic cell and spheroidal ceramic microspheres at least partially resi... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8003005 | Alignment facilities for optical dyes Various non-limiting embodiments disclosed herein provide phase-separating polymer systems including a cured polymeric liquid crystal matrix phase and a guest phase including at least one photoactive material where the guest phase separates from the matrix phase dur... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7857990 | Calcium hypochlorite composition Describes a composition comprising a mixture of (1) a major amount of calcium hypochlorite, e.g., hydrated calcium hypochlorite, and (2) a minor amount of calcium hypochlorite-compatible hydrophobic additive (other than discrete particulate Group IIA or IIIA metal s... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7757629 | Method and apparatus for coating an optical article Methods and apparatus for coating optical articles, such as optical lenses, are provided. In one aspect, an optical article is placed in a holder and a sheet of coating material is discharged from a nozzle, such as from a fan coater nozzle, onto the optical article ... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7666510 | Optical elements that include curable film-forming compositions containing blocked isocyanate adhesion promoters Described are optical elements made of a substrate and a curable film-forming composition applied to at least a portion of the substrate to form a coating thereon. The curable film-forming composition comprises: i) a resinous mater... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7632540 | Alignment facilities for optical dyes Various non-limiting embodiments disclosed herein provide methods of making alignment facilities for optical dyes connected to an optical substrate. For example, one non-limiting embodiment provides a method of making an alignment facility for an optical dye connect... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7618527 | Method of operating a diaphragm electrolytic cell Describes a method for lowering the flow of liquid anolyte through perforations in the diaphragm of a diaphragm electrolytic cell, e.g., a chlor-alkali diaphragm electrolytic cell, comprising introducing ceramic fiber into the anolyte compartment of the electrolytic... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7584630 | Photochromic ocular devices Described are photochromic ocular devices such as contact lenses and intraocular lenses made of an organic polymeric material and at least one photochromic material capable upon exposure to actinic radiation to change from a less ultraviolet radiation absorbing unac... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7582749 | Photochromic compounds Various non-limiting embodiments disclosed herein relate generally to photochromic compounds, which may be thermally reversible or non-thermally reversible, and articles made therefrom. Other non-limiting embodiments relate to photochromic-dichroic compounds, which ... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7579022 | Photochromic compounds Various non-limiting embodiments disclosed herein relate generally to photochromic compounds, which may be thermally reversible or non-thermally reversible, and articles made therefrom. Other non-limiting embodiments relate to photochromic-dichroic compounds, which ... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7557208 | Naphthols useful for preparing indeno-fused photochromic naphthopyrans Described are naphthols useful in the manufacture of novel indeno-fused photochromic naphthopyran materials. ... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7557206 | Photochromic compounds Various non-limiting embodiments disclosed herein relate generally to photochromic compounds, which may be thermally reversible or non-thermally reversible, and articles made therefrom. Other non-limiting embodiments relate to photochromic-dichroic compounds, which ... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7556751 | Photochromic materials having electron-withdrawing substituents Photochromic materials comprising indeno-fused naphthopyrans having a first electron-withdrawing substituent and, in certain non-limiting embodiments, a second electron-withdrawing substituent are disclosed. The photochromic materials according to the various embodi... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7556750 | Photochromic materials with reactive substituents Various non-limiting embodiments of the present disclosure relate to photochromic materials comprising a reactive substituent. For example, the present disclosure contemplates photochromic materials, such as photochromic naphthopyrans and indeno-fused naphthopyrans ... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7527754 | Photochromic indeno-fused naphthopyrans Photochromic materials comprising indeno-fused naphthopyrans having substituents comprising a 4-fluorophenyl group and a 4-aminophenyl group bonded to the 3-position of the indeno-fused naphthopyran are disclosed. The photochromic materials may exhibit faster fade r... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7505189 | Polarizing, photochromic devices and methods of making the same Provided is an optical element including: a substrate; and at least one at least partially aligned thermally reversible photochromic-dichroic compound connected to at least a portion of the substrate and having an average absorptio... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7465415 | Photochromic materials derived from ring-opening monomers and photochromic initiators Various non-limiting embodiments disclosed herein related to photochromic materials comprising the reaction product of (a) at least one ring-opening cyclic monomer, and (b) a photochromic initiator. Other non-limiting embodiments related to photochromic materials re... | 12/16/2008 |
| 7465414 | Photochromic article Describes an optical article, e.g., an ophthalmic photochromic article, such as a lens, in which the article includes: (1) a transparent substrate, such as a thermoset or thermoplastic plastic substrate, (2) a multiply laminate adjacent to at least one surface of th... | 12/16/2008 |
| 7465412 | Calcium hypochlorite composition Calcium hypochlorite compositions that are classified as a Packing Group III Division 5.1 oxidizer material or as a non-Division 5.1 oxidizer material are described. In one embodiment, the compositions comprise an admixture of particulate calcium hypochlorite and pa... | 12/16/2008 |
| 7452611 | Photochromic optical article Describes a photochromic plastic article, e.g., an ophthalmic photochromic article, such as a lens, in which the article includes (1) a polymeric substrate, such as a thermoset or thermoplastic substrate, (2) a photochromic polymeric coating appended to at least one... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7452074 | Optical elements and method of making the same using liquid crystal materials Provided is a method for making a customized lens including applying a customizable material onto a surface of an ophthalmic substrate; and writing index-change information to the material to form a variable-index layer on the substrate surface. Also provided is a c... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7431863 | Calcium hypochlorite composition Describes a composition comprising a mixture of calcium hypochlorite and hydrated magnesium sulfate having an average of from 3 to 5.5 moles of water of hydration per mole of magnesium sulfate. The amount of hydrated magnesium sulfate in the composition is such that... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7390777 | 1,2-dichloroethylene compositions Describes compositions of 1,2-dichloroethylene, particularly trans-1,2-dichloroethylene, stabilized with effective stabilizing amounts of a combination of (a) C3 to C12 alkylene oxide, e.g., butylene oxide, (b) alcohol chosen from aliphatic and cycloaliphatic alcoho... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7368072 | Photochromic contact lenses and methods of manufacturing Described are contact lenses having photochromic materials within the central or pupillary area of the lens and methods for manufacturing such lenses. In one method, a photochromic amount of at least one photochromic material is added to the pupillary region of a ca... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7359104 | Polarizing, photochromic devices and methods of making the same A method of making an optical element including: (a) forming an at least partial coating on at least a portion of a substrate; and (b) adapting at least a portion of the at least partial coating to switch from a fi... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7342112 | Photochromic compounds Various non-limiting embodiments disclosed herein relate generally to photochromic compounds, which may be thermally reversible or non-thermally reversible, and articles made therefrom. Other non-limiting embodiments relate to photochromic-dichroic compounds, which ... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7335806 | Integrated process for producing 1,2-dichloroethylene Describes an integrated process for preparing 1,2-dichloroethylenes. In the described process organic feed material, e.g., C2-C4 aliphatic hydrocarbons and/or chlorinated derivatives of such aliphatic hydrocarbons, is introduced into a first re... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7329332 | Diaphragm for electrolytic cell Describes a cathode assembly for electrolytic cells, e.g., chlor-alkali electrolytic cells, comprising a foraminous cathode substrate, a deposited erodible mat comprising synthetic (man-made) fibers, e.g., polyamide (nylon) fibers, on the foraminous surface of said ... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7320826 | Photochromic articles with reduced temperature dependency and methods for preparation Described are photochromic articles that include a substrate, a temperature dependent reducing amount of at least one organic photochromic material (b) that changes from more absorbing to less absorbing of radiation in its activating spectral absorbance as the tempe... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7268262 | Method for recovering trans-1,2-dichloroethene Describes a method for recovering trans-1,2-dichloroethene from a liquid feed composition comprising both the cis-and trans-isomers of 1,2-dichloroethene and contaminating amounts of other chlorinated hydrocarbons, e.g., lower alkyl chlorinated hydrocarbons, such as... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7258437 | Photochromic multifocal optical article Describes a multifocal optical article, e.g., an ophthalmic article such as a lens, in which the article includes (1) a rigid optical substrate, e.g., a transparent polymeric substrate, such as a thermoset or thermoplastic substrate, adapted to possess at least one ... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7166357 | Photochromic articles that activate behind ultraviolet radiation blocking transparencies and methods for preparation Described are photochromic articles that include a substrate and a photochromic amount of at least one organic photochromic material (b) represented by graphic formula XIII adapted to change from an unactivated state to an activated state by exposure to radiation su... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7118689 | Stabilized polychloroethylenes Polychloroethylene, e.g., trichioroethylene and perchloroethylene, is stabilized with a stabilizing amount of a stable free radical stabilizer, e.g., a material having the 2,2,6,6-tetra(lower alkyl)-1-piperidinyloxy-yl free radical group, such as 2,2,6,6-tetramethyl... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7101043 | Polarizing devices and methods of making the same Certain, non-limiting embodiments of the disclosure provide ophthalmic elements and devices comprising an at least partial coating adapted to polarize at least transmitted radiation on at least a portion of at least one exterior surface of an ophthalmic element or s... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7097303 | Polarizing devices and methods of making the same Certain, non-limiting embodiments of the disclosure provide ophthalmic elements and devices comprising an at least partial coating adapted to polarize at least transmitted radiation on at least a portion of at least one exterior surface of an ophthalmic element or s... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7097304 | Polarizing devices and methods of making the same Certain, non-limiting embodiments of the disclosure provide ophthalmic elements and devices comprising an at least partial coating adapted to polarize at least transmitted radiation on at least a portion of at least one exterior surface of an ophthalmic element or s... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7094368 | Pyrano-quinolines, pyrano-quinolinones, combinations thereof, photochromic compositions and articles Described are compositions of at least one material represented by a pyrano[3,2-c]quinoline structure, a pyrano[3,2-c]quinolinone structure or mixtures thereof. The pyrano[3,2-c]quinoline structure is characterized by having a nitrogen atom at the 6-position ring at... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7044600 | Polarizing devices and methods of making the same Certain, non-limiting embodiments of the disclosure provide ophthalmic elements and devices comprising an at least partial coating adapted to polarize at least transmitted radiation on at least a portion of at least one exterior surface of an ophthalmic element or s... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7044599 | Polarizing devices and methods of making the same Certain, non-limiting embodiments of the disclosure provide ophthalmic elements and devices comprising an at least partial coating adapted to polarize at least transmitted radiation on at least a portion of at least one exterior surface of an ophthalmic element or s... | 05/16/2006 |
| 6998057 | Method for monitoring and controlling chlorine levels in an aqueous medium A method for monitoring and adjusting the level of free chlorine in an aqueous fluid is described. In the described method, first aqueous fluid (50) substantially free of free chlorine is introduced into a suitable mixing vessel (26) wherein it contact... | 02/14/2006 |
