ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,345,959, issued on July 1, was assigned to HOYA LENS THAILAND LTD. (Pathumthani, Thailand).

"Ophthalmological lens" was invented by Yuki Iguchi (Tokyo), Shohei Matsuoka (Tokyo) and Hiroyuki Mukaiyama (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is an ophthalmological lens configured to provide a near-sightedness progression suppression effect using a monochromatic aberration of a pencil that is a bundle of rays passing through the ophthalmological lens and passing through a pupil, the ophthalmological lens including a wavelength filter for attenuating light of a long wavelength longer than a set dominant wavelength, and technology relat...