ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,997, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Essilor International (Charenton-le-Pont, France).
"Apparatus for film removal" was invented by Paul Bussiere (Charenton-le-Pont, France) and Matthew Dieringer (Charenton-le-Pont, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for separating a first liner from a lens wafer includes: at least one air nozzle including a first open end facing an edge of the lens wafer and configured to eject a gas, the at least one air nozzle disposed proximal to a first lens wafer holder configured to hold the lens wafer having the first liner attached to a first surface of the lens wafer, a first peeling dev...