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Method for reducing the thickness of a lens shape and uncut lens blank

US9864212B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignees

Carl Zeiss Vision International GmbH · DE
Carl Zeiss Vision GmbH · DE

Inventors

Ray Steven Spratt · Petaluma, US
Timo Kratzer · Aalen, DE
Philipp Ellinger · McLaren Vale, AU

Key dates

Filing date	May 21, 2015
Grant date	Jan 9, 2018
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 21, 2035

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG02C2202/22
WIPO fieldOptics
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The current invention is directed to a method, in particular a computer-implemented method, for providing a modified lens design for an uncut lens blank, in particular through the use of a non-transitory computer readable medium. Further, a method, in particular a computer-implemented method, for reducing a thickness of an original lens design of an uncut lens blank, in particular through the use of a non-transitory computer readable medium, is provided. Furthermore, a method for manufacturing an uncut lens blank and an uncut lens blank are provided.

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