ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,282,171, issued on April 22, was assigned to MICROOLED (Grenoble, France).

"Spectacles with optical display system" was invented by Eric Marcellin-Dibon (Vaucresson, France), Francois Boubel (Saint-Egreve, France), Antoine Simon Turquet (Grenoble, France) and Cedric Siourakan (Grenoble, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Spectacles (1) comprising a face (10) that is provided with at least one lens-type optical unit (4), said face defining a passage (13) for the nose of the user, said passage for the nose being defined by first and second so-called internal edges (14a, b) of the face, said edges being turned toward first and second late...