ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,379,612, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to HOYA LENS THAILAND LTD. (Pathumthani, Thailand).

"Spectacle lens, spectacle lens designing method, spectacle lens manufacturing method, and spectacle" was invented by Takatsugu Watanabe (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A spectacle lens in which a region with a specific optical function has a high degree of freedom, and that has a better appearance and a better field of view compared to those achieved when lenses are joined at their cross sections. A spectacle lens and a technique associated therewith, the spectacle lens including a first lens and a second lens that are arranged overlapping e...