HCoating Milestones 04/2008 - American Chemical Society (ACS) identified and assigned a CAS RN to a new synthetic substance, the first key ingredient of HCoating 05/2008 - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) approved the manufacturing of the key ingredient of HCoating 10/2008 - www.hcoating.com website was launched online 11/2008 - HCoating began operating in US optical labs 01/2009 - COLTS Laboratories validated HCoating quality 03/2010 - HCoating exhibited in Booth LP 1674 at International Vision Expo East 2010 in New York City, USA 10/2010 - HCoating exhibited in Booth LP 3045 at International Vision Expo West 2010 in Las Vegas, USA 11/2012 - Trademark "HCoating" was registered with U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) 03/2017 - Trademark "HCoating" was registered with China SBJ.SAIC Arotek's intellectual property includes Trademark, IMA technology, manufacturing process, and formulas. Because of the unique ingredients self-supplied, HCoating series products have outperformed competitions in all aspects of othphalmic lens applications: Super hardness, excellent adhesion, fast tinting, non-solvent based, stable viscosity.