ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,414,874, issued on Sept. 16.

"Eye drop dispenser" was invented by John Z. Blazevich (Palos Verdes Peninsula, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dispenser assembly includes a dispenser bottle having a nipple for dispensing a solution (e.g., eye drop solution, eye wash solution, eye lid cleaner and/or wash solution), and a cap removably couplable to the dispenser bottle over the nipple. An eye cup is fixedly coupled to the dispenser bottle around the nipple. The eye cup can be supported on or rest on the periphery of the eye socket to facilitate delivery of the solution onto or over a user's eye."

The patent was filed on Aug. 12, 20...