ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,370,644, issued on July 29, was assigned to Schneider GmbH & Co. KG (Fronhausen, Germany).
"Installation and method for processing ophthalmic lenses" was invented by Helwig Buchenauer (Dautphetal-Buchenau, Germany) and Gunter Schneider (Marburg, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "One exemplary embodiment relates to an installation and a method for processing ophthalmic lenses, with several processing devices for processing the lenses. The embodiment includes a conveying device connecting the processing devices for transporting lens carriers to and from the processing devices, and with a transfer device for changing transport tracks a...