Inventor

Lynn Cook Winterton

Inventor

Alpharetta, GA, US

Overview

1988–2021

Patent span

Performing operations

Primary field (CPC B)

Patents· 79 as inventor

Public. Assignee & technology derived from the patent record. Each patent links to its LexDana page.

G02Bprimary

G02BOptical elements, systems or apparatus17%

A61LMethods or apparatus for sterilising materials or objects in general12%

B29DProducing particular articles from plastics or from substances in a plastic state9%

C08GMacromolecular compounds obtained otherwise than by reactions only involving unsaturated carbon-to-carbon bonds6%

C08JWorking-up6%

G02CSpectacles6%

B29CShaping or joining of plastics5%

C08LCompositions of macromolecular compounds5%

B05DProcesses for applying fluent materials to surfaces, in general4%

B29LIndexing scheme associated with subclass b29c, relating to particular articles4%

PatentTitleYear

10,920,102Silicone hydrogel lens with a crosslinked hydrophilic coating2021 10,913,224Ophthalmic devices for delivery of hydrophobic comfort agents2021 10,563,090Silicone hydrogel lens with a crosslinked hydrophilic coating2020 10,478,518Method for disinfecting contact lenses2019 10,308,835Silicone hydrogel lens with a crosslinked hydrophilic coating2019 10,271,624Pressure-venting container2019 10,155,349Ophthalmic devices for delivery of hydrophobic comfort agents2018 9,974,370Pressure-venting container2018 9,804,295'Ophthalmic devices for sustained delivery of active compounds'2017 9,738,813'Silicone hydrogel lens with a crosslinked hydrophilic coating'2017 9,612,455'Extended wear ophthalmic lens'2017 9,532,632'Pressure-venting container for disinfection and storage of contact lenses'2017 9,507,173'Silicone hydrogel lens with a crosslinked hydrophilic coating'2016 9,348,061'Contact lens products'2016 9,239,409'Silicone hydrogel lens with a crosslinked hydrophilic coating'2016 9,052,442'Method for applying a coating onto a silicone hydrogel lens'2015 9,005,492'Methods for making silicone hydrogel lenses from water-based lens formulations'2015 8,944,592'Silicone hydrogel lens with a crosslinked hydrophilic coating'2015 8,757,367'Pressure-venting container for disinfection and storage of contact lenses'2014 8,647,658'Contact lens products'2014 8,637,071'Method for making medical devices having antimicrobial coatings thereon'2014 8,568,626'Extended wear ophthalmic lens'2013 8,529,057'Silicone hydrogel lens with a crosslinked hydrophilic coating'2013 8,440,735'Method for making contact lenses'2013 8,415,404'Extended wear ophthalmic lens'2013 8,324,256'Tri-functional UV-absorbing compounds and use thereof'2012 8,309,117'Method for making medical devices having antimicrobial coatings thereon'2012 8,092,724'Method for making contact lenses'2012 8,048,968'Polysiloxane copolymers with terminal hydrophilic polymer chains'2011 8,030,369'Contact lenses with improved wearing comfort'2011 7,875,660'Biomedical devices having improved surface characteristics'2011 7,858,000'Method of making silicone hydrogel contact lenses'2010 7,798,639'Method for applying lubricious coating to a polymeric article'2010 7,780,879'Method for making contact lenses'2010 7,705,067'Biomedical device having improved surface characteristics'2010 7,582,327'LbL-coated medical device and method for making the same'2009 7,566,746'Biomedical devices having improved surface characteristics'2009 7,553,880'Extended wear ophthalmic lens'2009 7,538,146'Extended wear ophthalmic lens'2009 7,468,398'Extended wear ophthalmic lens'2008 7,402,318'Medical devices having antimicrobial coatings thereon'2008 7,297,725'Biomedical devices having improved surface characteristics'2007 7,211,149'Method for applying a coating to a medical device'2007 7,165,839'Method for producing tinted contact lenses'2007 7,078,074'Lens plasma coating system'2006 7,040,756'Process for surface modifying substrates and modified substrates resulting therefrom'2006 7,022,379'Single-dip process for achieving a layer-by-layer-like coating'2006 6,951,894'Extended wear ophthalmic lens'2005 6,940,580'Polymeric articles having a lubricious coating and method for making the same'2005 6,926,965'LbL-coated medical device and method for making the same'2005 6,896,926'Method for applying an LbL coating onto a medical device'2005 6,893,685'Process for surface modifying substrates and modified substrates resulting therefrom'2005 6,881,269'Lens plasma coating system'2005 6,858,248'Method for applying a coating to a medical device'2005 6,852,353'Process for surface modifying substrates and modified substrates resulting therefrom'2005 6,827,966'Diffusion-controllable coatings on medical device'2004 6,815,074'Polymeric materials for making contact lenses'2004 6,811,805'Method for applying a coating'2004 6,793,973'Single-dip process for achieving a layer-by-layer-like coating'2004 6,719,929'Method for modifying a surface'2004 6,589,665'Coated articles'2003 6,451,871'Methods of modifying surface characteristics'2002 5,965,631'Extended wear ophthalmic lens'1999 5,874,127'Method and apparatus for gaseous treatment'1999 5,849,811'Extended wear ophthalmic lens'1998 5,789,461'Methods of forming an extended wear ophthalmic lens having a hydrophilic surface'1998 5,776,999'Methods of using and screening extended wear ophthalmic lenses'1998 5,760,100'Extended wear ophthalmic lens'1998 5,639,378'Method for removing components from solutions'1997 5,612,361'Apparatus for removing components from solutions'1997 5,523,012'Hydrogen peroxide disinfection solutions'1996 5,496,471'Apparatus for removing components from solutions'1996 5,431,879'Method and container for sterilizing and disinfecting'1995 5,209,865'Conditioning solution for contact lenses and a method of using the same'1993 5,165,918'Antimicrobial ophthalmic solutions containing dodecyl-dimethyl-(2 phenoxyethyl)-ammonium bromide and methods of using the same'1992 5,080,800'Process for removing components from solutions'1992 5,056,689'Apparatus for removing components from solutions'1991 4,748,189'Ophthalmic solutions and methods for improving the comfort and safety of contact lenses'1988 4,734,222'Composition and method for cleaning soft and hard contact lenses'1988

Career & activity timeline

Assembled from patent assignee/location history and declaration credentials.

1988–1997Patents assigned to CIBA GEIGY CORP (11)· patent assignee history

1988–1997Based in Roswell, GA, US· patent location history

1998–2017Patents assigned to CIBA VISION CORP (13)· patent assignee history

1998–2018Based in Alpharetta, GA, US· patent location history

2002–2021Patents assigned to NOVARTIS AG (51)· patent assignee history

2012–2018Patents assigned to WINTERTON LYNN COOK (13)· patent assignee history

2012–2018Patents assigned to PRUITT JOHN DALLAS (6)· patent assignee history

2014–2021Based in Keller, TX, US· patent location history

2014Based in Fort Worth, TX, US· patent location history

2015Based in Alphretta, GA, US· patent location history

Inventor activity

Assignee and location history derived from the patent record.

Assignees

Assignee	Patents	Span
NOVARTIS AG	51	2002–2021
CIBA VISION CORP	13	1998–2017
WINTERTON LYNN COOKself	13	2012–2018
CIBA GEIGY CORP	11	1988–1997
PRUITT JOHN DALLAS	6	2012–2018

Locations

Location	Patents	Span
Alpharetta, Georgia, US	52	1998–2018
Keller, Texas, US	14	2014–2021
Roswell, Georgia, US	10	1988–1997
Alphretta, Georgia, US	1	2015
Fort Worth, Texas, US	1	2014