A method for manufacturing a spectacle lens having a lens substrate and at least one coating is disclosed. The method includes providing a lens substrate having an uncoated or precoated front surface and an uncoated or precoated back surface, applying at least one coating to at least one of the surfaces of the lens substrate, the surface of the at least one coating being modifiable when contacted with at least one medium able to modify the surface of the at least one coating, contacting the surface of the at least one coating, partially or completely, with the at least one medium, considering the individual peripheral refraction, obtaining the spectacle lens having the lens substrate and the at least one coating, the surface of the at least one coating being modified according to the individual peripheral refraction.

A spectacle lens includes proceeding from a front face on the object side of the spectacle lens to an opposite reverse face of the spectacle lens, at least components A, B, and C. The component A includes an ultrathin lens, the component B includes at least one of a polymeric material or a mineral glass, and the component C includes at least one of a functional layer or an ultrathin lens. The spectacle lens has no damage after impact of a steel ball with a diameter of 15.87 mm and a weight of 16.36 g from a height of 1.27 m.

A dyeing method for functional contact lenses includes the following steps: providing a dry lens body, including hydrogel with 0-90% water content, silicone hydrogel with 0-90% water content, or a combination thereof; preparing an amphoteric polymethyl ether prepolymer, combining the amphoteric polymethyl ether prepolymer with a hydrophilic monomer to form a masking ring material, and attaching the masking ring material to an inner surface of the dry lens body to form a masking ring layer; dropping a colorant onto the inner surface, making the masking ring layer surround the colorant, irradiating the colorant with an ultraviolet light and then heating and fixing the colorant to form a dyed layer on the inner surface; and placing the dry lens body in water to hydrate and removing the masking ring layer to obtain a wet lens body.

An optical film having a first surface, an opposing second surface, and a thickness normal to the first and second surfaces is cut. Cutting the film forms a channel at least partially through the thickness of the film. A light control material is printed proximate to a surface of the film. The ink traverses through the channel by capillary motion.

Atomic layer deposition methods for coating an optical substrate with magnesium fluoride. The methods include two primary processes. The first process includes the formation of a magnesium oxide layer over a surface of a substrate. The second process includes converting the magnesium oxide layer to a magnesium fluoride layer. These two primary processes may be repeated a plurality of times to create multiple magnesium fluoride layers that make up a magnesium fluoride film. The magnesium fluoride film may serve as an antireflective coating layer for an optical substrate, such as an optical lens.

A spectacle lens includes proceeding from a front face on the object side of the spectacle lens to an opposite reverse face of the spectacle lens, at least components A, B, and C. The component A includes an ultrathin lens, the component B includes at least one of a polymeric material or a mineral glass, and the component C includes at least one of a functional layer or an ultrathin lens. The spectacle lens has no damage after impact of a steel ball with a diameter of 15.87 mm and a weight of 16.36 g from a height of 1.27 m.

The invention relates to a process for marking an optical eyeglass (1) equipped with a surface coating (5) comprising the following steps: A step of detreating by means of a laser beam, so as to locally detreat an area of the optical eyeglass by removing the surface coating (5) until a lower layer (7) of the eyeglass (1) is reached, which layer is located under said coating (5) and made of a material that is different from the surface coating (5), thus forming at least one the detreated zone (6, 11), A step of depositing an ink (9) in the detreated zone (6, 11) in order to form at least one inked pattern (4), so that the ink (9) adheres to the lower layer (7) present at the bottom (10) of the detreated zone (6, 11).

A method of manufacturing an optical article (10) includes supplying a first coating composition (A) and supplying one or more additional coating compositions (B) to an ultrasonic discharge nozzle (102) of a coating apparatus (100). At least one of the first coating composition (A) and the one or more additional coating compositions (B) is a photochromic coating composition. The method includes mixing the first coating composition and the one or more additional coating compositions at the ultrasonic discharge nozzle (102) of the coating apparatus (100), and applying the mixture (C) of the first coating composition (A) and the one or more additional coating compositions (B) to at least a portion of the optical article (10) so as to provide a pattern (24) on the optical article upon exposure to actinic radiation. The mixture (C) of the first coating composition (A) and the one or more additional coating compositions (B) is applied from the ultrasonic discharge nozzle (102) as a controlled, predetermined pattern of atomized droplets.

Disclosed are methods for preparing partially polarized optical articles. A polarizing element is used to cover at least a portion of the front surface of an optical article to form a polarizing zone and a non-polarizing zone on the optical article. The optical article is then tinted to produce a gradual color transition between the polarizing zone and non-polarizing zone of the optical article.

Designs, apparatus and methods to form contact lenses with aesthetic elements on demand are described. In some examples, the method of defining the aesthetic aspect includes printing patterns. Other examples include photochromic or thermochromic elements which may provide patterning on exposure to electromagnetic irradiation. In some further examples, energized components in contact lenses may provide aesthetic characteristics.