ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,391,789, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Johnson & Johnson Vision Care Inc. (Jacksonville, Fla.).

"Ophthalmic devices containing localized grafted networks and processes for their preparation and use" was invented by Brian Aitken (Jacksonville, Fla.), Charles W. Scales (St. Augustine, Fla.), Joe M. Wood (Jacksonville, Fla.) and Michael F. Widman (Jacksonville, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are polymer compositions made by a process comprising: (a) providing a first reactive composition containing: (i) a polymerization initiator that is capable, upon a first activation, of forming two or more free radical groups, at leas...