US Patent Issued to Brien Holden Vision Institute on Aug. 25 for "Ophthalmic lenses for reducing, minimizing, and/or eliminating interference on in-focus images by out-of-focus light" (American, Australian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,717,168, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Brien Holden Vision Institute Ltd. (Sydney).

"Ophthalmic lenses for reducing, minimizing, and/or eliminating interference on in-focus images by out-of-focus light" was invented by Arthur Back (Danville, Calif.) and Hassan Esfandiarijahromi (Campsie, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ophthalmic lens comprising: at least one first optical zone with a first axis, the at least one first optical zone being configured such that, in use with an eye, at least a portion of light passing through the at least one first optical zone is refracted to a first focal point on the first axis; and at le...