ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,419,513, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Vivid Vision Inc. (San Francisco).

"Apparatus, systems, and methods for vision assessment and treatment" was invented by Tuan Tran (San Francisco), Brian Dornbos (San Francisco), Benjamin Backus (Oakland, Calif.), James J. Blaha (San Francisco) and Manish Gupta (San Francisco).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems for assessing and/or treating visual disorders, such as discorder in accommodative ability and/or vergence ability, of a person are provided. Assessment and training exercises can be performed utilizing a computerized system in communication with a head-mountable display...