ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,529,916, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Essilor International (Charenton-le-Pont, France).

"Method and system for determining a fitted position of an ophthalmic lens with respect to a wearer referential and method for determining a lens design of an ophthalmic lens" was invented by Guilhem Escalier (Charenton-le-Pont, France), Thierry Bonnin (Charenton-le-Pont, France) and Samy Hamlaoui (Charenton-le-Pont, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for determining a fitted position of an ophthalmic lens to be mounted on a spectacle frame equipping a wearer, the fitted position being defined with respect to a wearer referential li...