ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,449,676, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Oakley Inc. (Foothill Ranch, Calif.).

"Electrically conductive laminated lens for eyewear and frame assembly therefor" was invented by Luis M. Jimenez (Irvine, Calif.) and Christopher John Anderson (Mission Viejo, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to eyewear (e.g., goggles, eye glasses, sun glasses, helmet shields, helmet visors, etc.) that can maximize the wearer's field of view when laminated lenses having electrically conductive functional layers (e.g., electrochromic and/or heating layers) are used. Improved field of view can be accompl...