Patent 7144528 was granted and assigned to Bausch & Lomb on December, 2006 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A method and mold assembly to control the polymerization of a cast optical device. The mold assembly includes at least one mold portion having a non-critical surface with fresnel or diffractive geometry. Alternately, a fresnel lens or diffractive lens may be placed at a predetermined distance from the mold.