ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,601,930, issued on April 14, was assigned to Essilor International (Charenton-le-pont, France).
"Solar lens with super color enhancing properties" was invented by Jonathan Chalmey (Charenton-le-pont, France) and Christelle Marck (Charenton-le-pont, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical article partially transmits polarized glare in tunable colors that help a user to see surface contours, while enhancing the color and at the same time maintaining the appearance of the lens still neutral."
The patent was filed on Nov. 24, 2020, under Application No. 17/779,399.
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