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Multifocal diffractive lens

US4830481A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 12, 1988
Grant dateMay 16, 1989
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Expiry dateAug 12, 2008

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B5/1876
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A multifocal ophthalmic lens has a plurality of concentric diffractive zones with adjacent zones separated by steps having predetermined heights. Each step has an outer corner and each outer corner has a radius of curvature equal to at least one half the height of the step associated therewith.

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