US Patent Issued to COOPERVISION INTERNATIONAL on Dec. 30 for "Methods and apparatus for producing contact lenses" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,787, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to COOPERVISION INTERNATIONAL Ltd. (Fareham, Great Britain).

"Methods and apparatus for producing contact lenses" was invented by Robert Oag (Southampton, Great Britain), Edward James Harley Evans (Southampton, Great Britain) and Robin Frith (Southampton, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention concerns methods and an apparatus for producing contact lenses, such as silicone hydrogel contact lenses, and further relates to methods and an apparatus for producing silicone hydrogel contact lens mold assemblies, methods and apparatus for producing silicone hydrogel contact len...