Appeal No. 96-1852
Application No. 08/016,931
This is an appeal from the final rejection of claim 1-13
and 15-22, all the claims remaining in the present
application. Claims 1, 12 and 13 are illustrative:
1. A method for inhibiting the formation of deposits on
a contact lens comprising:
introducing into a mammalian eye wearing a contact lens
an ophthalmically acceptable composition comprising an
ophthalmically acceptable antioxidant component in an amount
effective to inhibit the formation of at least one of
proteinaceous deposits and lipid deposits on said contact
lens.
12. A method for conditioning a contact lens comprising:
soaking a contact lens which is proteinaceous deposit-
free in an ophthalmically acceptable composition comprising
an ophthalmically acceptable aqueous carrier component, an
ophthalmically acceptable wearability component in an amount
effective to enhance the wearability of said soaked contact
lens in a mammalian eye, and an ophthalmically acceptable
antioxidant component in an amount effective to inhibit the
formation of at least one of proteinaceous deposits and lipid
deposits on said soaked contact lens after said soaked contact
lens is placed in a mammalian eye, said ophthalmically
acceptable antioxidant component being selected from the group
consisting of Vitamin A, Vitamin E, ascorbic acid,
glutathione, oxidation-type gluta-thione, ophthalmically
acceptable antioxidant salts thereof, ophthalmically
acceptable antioxidant derivatives thereof, precursors thereof
and mixtures thereof.
13. A composition useful for inhibiting the formation of
deposits on a contact lens being worn in a mammalian eye
comprising:
an ophthalmically acceptable aqueous carrier component;
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