A three-dimensional printing kit for forming lens elements can include a build material including from about 80 wt % to 100 wt % thermoplastic polyamide elastomeric particles having a D50 particle size from about 10 ?m to about 150 ?m, and a fusing agent including a liquid vehicle and from about 0.5 wt % to about 20 wt % of a UV radiation absorber.

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.

Indoor/outdoor sunglasses include a lens having gradient tinted portions that partially conceal a wearer's eye, with an untinted or minimally tinted central region that provides a relatively wide, unrestricted field of lateral vision at far and middle distances, allowing the wearer to see clearly both indoors and outdoors.

A method of making an optical article having a gradient tint and a gradient polarization. The method includes contacting one or more dye compositions including at least one of a dichroic dye, a photochromic-dichroic dye, or any combination thereof, with an optical element having a continuous coating including at least one alignment zone. At least a portion of the dye composition diffuses into the coating at a predetermined concentration gradient along at least a portion of the coating.

A method of making an optical article having a gradient tint and a gradient polarization. The method includes contacting one or more dye compositions including at least one of a dichroic dye, a photochromic-dichroic dye, or any combination thereof, with an optical element having a continuous coating including at least one alignment zone. At least a portion of the dye composition diffuses into the coating at a predetermined concentration gradient along at least a portion of the coating.

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.

A method for tinting a spectacle lens substrate includes providing a spectacle lens substrate made from a polymeric lens material, providing a composition having a polymeric carrier material, applying a pattern of the composition on a surface of the spectacle lens substrate, and heating the spectacle lens substrate to allow for diffusion of a dye substance between the carrier material and the lens material. Moreover, a composition for in-substrate tinting of a polymeric spectacle lens substrate and a spectacle lens substrate having a polymeric lens material which exhibits a pattern of a composition having a polymeric carrier material applied on a surface of the spectacle lens substrate are presented.

A contact lens comprises a transparent pupil region and an iris region surrounding the pupil region. The iris region comprises a colored pattern portion. A plurality of pigments are dispersed in the colored pattern portion. The disclosure also provides a method for making a contact lens.

A spectacle lens is produced through a first step of stacking a first member colored in cyan and a second member colored in red and integrating the first member and the second member, and a subsequent second step of partially polishing a periphery of a convex surface of the first member. Provision of the polishing step enables unique design and production of appropriate numbers of widely varied distinctive spectacle lenses.