ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,405,186, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to Hyo Jin Kim (Seongnam-si, South Korea).

"Lensmeter capable of measuring near-infrared transmittance of eyeglass lens" was invented by Sang Jeon Park (Anyang-si, South Korea), Kyung Sek Song (Anyang-si, South Korea), Hyo Jin Kim (Seongnam-si, South Korea) and Tae Hun Kim (Cheonan-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lensmeter capable of measuring near-infrared ray transmittance of an eyeglass lens by adding a near-infrared ray measurement function to the lensmeter. The lensmeter includes a near-infrared ray transmittance measuring unit that includes a light emitting unit including a ...