ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,429,710, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Essilor International (Charenton-le-Pont, France).

"Characterizing an optical element" was invented by Matthieu Guillot (Charenton-le-Pont, France), Cedric Lemaire (Charenton-le-Pont, France), Eric Gacoin (Charenton-le-Pont, France) and Marion Cornet (Charenton-le-Pont, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for characterizing optical elements of a lens element adapted for a person is presented, the lens element including: a holder including a refraction area having a refractive power based on a prescription for correcting an abnormal refraction of an eye of the person; and a pluralit...