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Subject: RE: [OM] olympus contacts
From: Dirk Wright <wright@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 27 Oct 1999 10:42:27
At 08:32 AM 10/27/99 -0400, you wrote:
>Not as simple as you might think.  A competitor might be able to figure
out what
>goes into the lens, but it is that much harder to figure out how to make what
>goes into the lens.  Determining the properties of the glass is one thing,
>figuring out how to make glass with the same properties is another.
>

now, that kind of information, if it is patented, would be in any patent
that covered that technology. the exact chemical composition and process of
making would all be in there. i'm probably mistaken, but i think pretty
much all lens/glass/coating technology is pretty well known, it is just a
matter of making it more cost effective. i think ld glass has been around
for many years, for example, but has only slowly decreased in cost. 

Be seeing you.

Dirk Wright


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