ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,210,223, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to Essilor International (Charenton-le-pont, France).

"Methods and systems for optimizing an optical function of a progressive ophthalmic lens under specific wearing conditions" was invented by Cecile Petignaud (Charenton-le-Pont, France), Marie-Gaelle Froeliger (Charenton-le-Pont, France), Nacer Lakhchaf (Charenton-le-Pont, France) and Benedicte Deldalle (Charenton-le-Pont, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a method for determining an optical function of a progressive ophthalmic lens for a wearer, including: providing a prescription of the wearer; providing wearing data including...