ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,271,058, issued on April 8, was assigned to Essilor International (Charenton-le-pont, France).

"Method for manufacturing at least one ophthalmic lens" was invented by Loic Quere (Charenton-le-Pont, France), Alexandre Gouraud (Charenton-le-Pont, France), Pascal Allione (Charenton-le-Pont, France) and Cedric Begon (Charenton-le-Pont, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a method for manufacturing an ophthalmic lens having at least one optical function, comprising the step of providing a starting optical system of the lens, having a basic optical function and the step of additively manufacturing an additional optic...