ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,716,807, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to EMAGE VISION PTE. LTD. (Singapore).

"System and method for inspecting mold defects in wet ophthalmic lenses" was invented by Sy Hieu Dau (Singapore), Jia Yaw Tan (Singapore), Hoang Bao Nguyen (Singapore) and Quang My Han Doan (Singapore).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for identifying defects and measuring geometric dimensions in cosmetic ophthalmic lens immersed in a Saline solution, the system, comprising: a) at least one camera for obtaining images of the cosmetic ophthalmic lens, the camera having an optical axis; b) at least one electronically controlled illumination module designed...