ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,529,906, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Thinoptics Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).
"Ultrathin eyeglasses" was invented by Gad Ponte (Palo Alto, Calif.) and Tadmor Shalon (Palo Alto, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of eyeglasses are provided. The glasses comprise a frame comprising a first and second lens connected by a bridge. Temple pieces extend from either side of the frame. The hinge or hinge point between the temple pieces and the frame can be within the plane of the glasses allowing the temple pieces to fold flat or near flat against the frame. The thickness of the glasses can be less than about 3.5 mm (e.g., 2.6 mm)...