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  • Patent Grant
  • D1075870
  • Patent Number
    D1,075,870
  • Date Filed
    Thursday, March 26, 2020
    5 years ago
  • Date Issued
    Tuesday, May 20, 2025
    5 months ago
  • US Classifications
    Field of Search
    • US
    • D16 100
    • D16 101
    • D16 331
    • CPC
    • G02C7/049
    • G02C7/04
    • G02C7/046
    • G02C7/047
  • International Classifications
    • 1606
    • Term of Grant
      15Years
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Abstract
Description


FIG. 1 is a rear perspective view of a contact lens showing our new design according to a first embodiment.



FIG. 2 is a front view of our new design shown in FIG. 1.



FIG. 3 is a rear view of our new design shown in FIG. 1.



FIG. 4 is a top view of our new design shown in FIG. 1.



FIG. 5 is a bottom view of our new design shown in FIG. 1.



FIG. 6 is a right-side view of our new design shown in FIG. 1.



FIG. 7 is a left-side view of our new design shown in FIG. 1; and,



FIG. 8 is a close-up view of a portion of our new design indicated by the box in FIG. 7.


The broken lines consisting of dot-dash lines are boundary lines that show that the claimed design extends to the boundary line but does not include the boundary line. The remaining portions of the contact lens rendered in short broken lines form no part of the claimed design.


Claims
  • The ornamental design for a contact lens, as shown and described.
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