US Patent Issued to Genentech on July 21 for "Using deep learning to process images of the eye to predict visual acuity" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,688,572, issued on July 21, was assigned to Genentech Inc. (South San Francisco, Calif.).

"Using deep learning to process images of the eye to predict visual acuity" was invented by Michael G. Kawczynski (South San Francisco, Calif.), Thomas Bengtsson (South San Francisco, Calif.), Jian Dai (South San Francisco, Calif.), Simon S. Gao (South San Francisco, Calif.) and Jeffrey R. Willis (South San Francisco, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods disclosed herein relate to using a machine-learning model to process an input of a subject's eye and to predict a current or future visual acuity of the subject. The subject may...