SPECTACLES

**Definition:** This place covers:

Ophthalmic devices intended to be worn or supported by the user, either in front of the eyes or placed in contact with the eyes: spectacles (eyeglasses), contact lenses, sunglasses, goggles insofar as they have the same features as spectacles.

Optical parts of eyewear and methods of their design, e.g. lenses, filters, polarizers, mirrors, prisms, obturators, shields, auxiliary lenses.

Mechanical parts of eyewear (Means to support the optical parts) e.g. spectacle frames, bridges, nose pads, side-members.

Means to attach auxiliary optical parts to eyewear.

Means for supporting eyewear e.g. retainers, headbands.

Non-optical adjuncts to eyewear, e.g. ornaments, illumination, hearing aids and other electronic means, anti-misting means.

Assembling, repairing and cleaning of spectacles and contact lenses.

Measuring geometrical parameters for fitting or during assembling spectacles.

**Limiting references (this place does not cover):** - Trial frames and lenses for testing the eyes -> A61B3/04 - Lenses implantable into the eye -> A61F2/14 , A61F2/16 - Optical elements characterized by their material -> G02B1/00 - Using polarisation multiplexing -> H04N13/337