ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,478,463, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to AMO Groningen B.V. (Groningen, Netherlands).

"Intraocular lenses for reducing negative dysphotopsia" was invented by Robert Rosen (Groningen, Netherlands), Robin Zonneveld (Groningen, Netherlands), Sieger Meijer (Groningen, Netherlands), Aixa Alarcon Heredia (Groningen, Netherlands), Mihai State (Groningen, Netherlands) and Carmen Canovas Vidal (Groningen, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Intraocular lenses for reducing negative dysphotpsia (ND) are described herein. An example ophthalmic lens can include an optic (200) with a central optical zone (225) disposed about the optical axis...