ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,625,392, issued on May 12, was assigned to Essilor International (Charenton-le-Pont, France).

"Dynamic control of transmission value" was invented by Bruno Fermigier (Charenton-le-Pont, France), Cedric Gilbert (Charenton-le-Pont, France), Alexandre Gourraud (Charenton-le-Pont, France), Marius Peloux (Charenton-le-Pont, France) and Vincent Roptin (Charenton-le-Pont, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to methods, controlling units, eyeglasses, computer programs and computer-readable storage media for controlling an optical transmission of a variable transmission ophthalmic lens. The method includes receiving from a...