ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,287,534, issued on April 29, was assigned to MEI S.r.l. (Bergamo, Italy).
"Spectacle lens edge simulation tool and method for defining a lens shape with said tool" was invented by Stefano Sonzogni (Bergamo, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a lens edge simulation tool (10) for measuring the fitment of a lens edge profile (LEP) with respect to a frame groove profile (FGP) of a spectacle frame (20), the lens edge simulation tool (10) having a defined edge profile (STP) like a lens edge profile (LEP) of a lens (6) being machined by a defined edger machine (4), the defined edge profile (STP) comprising a be...