ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,661,000, issued on June 23, was assigned to Essilor International (Charenton-le-Pont, France).

"Apparatus for recommending an optical device" was invented by Berangere Laurenceau (Charenton-le-pont, France) and Didier Grand-Clement (Charenton-le-pont, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for recommending an optical device adapted to a wearer having a current optical device, the apparatus including processing circuitry that receives and stores measured data relating to features measured on the wearer using at least one measuring instrument, anamnesis data relating to the anamnesis of the wearer, and current optical device da...