ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,399,383, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Essilor International (Charenton-le-Pont, France).

"Lens element and corresponding computer-implemented determining method" was invented by Guillaume Giraudet (Orleans, France), Matthieu Guillot (Issy les Moulineaux, France) and Bruno Fermigier (Maisons Alfort, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a lens element (1) intended to be worn by a wearer, comprising at least one prescription portion (2) having a first optical function configured to provide a dioptric correction of an eye of the wearer when the lens element (1) is worn by said wearer based on a prescription of...