US Patent Issued to COOPERVISION INTERNATIONAL on Oct. 14 for "Contact lens blister package with double layer foil component" (British, American, French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,440,012, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to COOPERVISION INTERNATIONAL Ltd. (Fareham, Great Britain).

"Contact lens blister package with double layer foil component" was invented by Sarah Almond (Southampton, Great Britain), Carlos Ortiz (Pittsford, N.Y.), Gary Hunt (Bristol, Great Britain), Mike Nelson (Bristol, Great Britain), Russell Beard (Bristol, Great Britain), Thomas Harkin (Bristol, Great Britain) and Pauline Gavelle (Toulouse, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A blister package for a contact lens is provided that includes a body and a seal, one or both of which is made up of a double layer foil component. The double layer f...