US Patent Issued to Transitions Optical on July 15 for "Photochromic film laminate" (Irish, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,360,401, issued on July 15, was assigned to Transitions Optical Ltd. (Tuam, Ireland).

"Photochromic film laminate" was invented by Brad S. Veldkamp (Allison Park, Pa.), Ramaiahgari Reddy (Murrysville, Pa.), Anil Kumar (Murrysville, Pa.), David J. Park (Tuam, Ireland) and Brian Smyth (Tuam, Ireland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a photochromic film laminate including (a) a first polymeric film layer having a first surface and an opposing second surface; and (b) an adhesive layer over at least a portion of and in direct contact with the first surface of the first polymeric film layer (a). The adhesive layer is formed from a com...