ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,353,065, issued on July 8, was assigned to HOYA LENS THAILAND LTD. (Pathumthani, Thailand).

"Spectacle lens and method for designing the same" was invented by Hua Qi (Tokyo) and Toshiaki Sonehara (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aspect is to not impair an effect of suppressing the progression of myopia or hyperopia even in a peripheral area of a spectacle lens. A spectacle lens and a technology related thereto are provided, the spectacle lens including: a first area that causes light rays incident on an object-side face of the lens to exit from an eyeball-side face of the lens and to converge at a predetermined position A on a ret...