US Patent Issued to COOPERVISION INTERNATIONAL on March 11 for "Films having grin elements for application to spectacles or other ophthalmic lenses" (California, Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,248,201, issued on March 11, was assigned to COOPERVISION INTERNATIONAL Ltd. (Fareham, Great Britain).

"Films having grin elements for application to spectacles or other ophthalmic lenses" was invented by Sourav Saha (Pleasanton, Calif.), Paul Chamberlain (Livermore, Calif.), Arthur Bradley (Bloomington, Ind.) and Baskar Arumugam (Dublin, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A film for applying to an ophthalmic lens is described. The film, or the combination of the film and the ophthalmic lens are designed to prevent or slow the development or progression of myopia. The film has a base refractive index and includes at least one gradien...