U.S. patent number D694,890 [Application Number D/377,054] was granted by the patent office on 2013-12-03 for laser system for treatment of the eye. This patent grant is currently assigned to LensAR, Inc.. The grantee listed for this patent is Steven E. Bott, William D. Chura, Rudolph W. Frey, Gerrit N. Porter, Scott Howard Wakefield. Invention is credited to Steven E. Bott, William D. Chura, Rudolph W. Frey, Gerrit N. Porter, Scott Howard Wakefield.
United States Patent | D694,890 |
Bott , et al. | December 3, 2013 |
Inventors: | Bott; Steven E. (Oviedo, FL), Frey; Rudolph W. (Winter Park, FL), Porter; Gerrit N. (Winter Springs, FL), Wakefield; Scott Howard (Andover, MA), Chura; William D. (Newton, MA) | ||||||||||
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Assignee: | LensAR, Inc. (Orlando,
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Appl. No.: | D/377,054 | ||||||||||
Filed: | October 15, 2010 |
Current U.S. Class: | D24/172 |
Current International Class: | 2401 |
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