ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,681,334, issued on July 14, was assigned to Barberini S.P.A. (Silvi, Italy).

"Ophthalmic article" was invented by Matteo Lagasi (Parma, Italy), Natalia Schianchi (Parma, Italy) and Didier Clerc (Eloise, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ophthalmic article including at least one colored substrate, and a polarizer fixed to that at least one colored substrate, wherein the polarizer presents, on its own, a luminous transmittance according to ISO_13666, First edition, 1998 Aug. 1 of Tvless than=41% and a polarization efficiency PE with 90%less than=PEless than=78%."

The patent was filed on May 17, 2022, under Application No. 18/561,09...