ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,558,261, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to AMO DEVELOPMENT LLC (Irvine, Calif.).

"Corneal topography measurements and fiducial mark incisions in laser surgical procedures" was invented by Rajeshwari Srinivasan (San Carlos, Calif.), Jeffrey A. Golda (San Mateo, Calif.), Javier G. Gonzalez (Palo Alto, Calif.), David D. Scott (Oakland, Calif.), David A. Dewey (Sunnyvale, Calif.), Noah Bareket (Saratoga, Calif.) and Georg Schuele (Portolla Valley, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of cataract surgery in an eye of a patient includes identifying a feature selected from the group consisting of an axis, a meridian, and a structure ...