ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,346, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Genentech Inc. (South San Francisco, Calif.).

"Incision guide tool for ocular device implantation and methods of use" was invented by Varun Kumar Malhotra (South San Francisco, Calif.), Christopher Arena (South San Francisco, Calif.), Giulio Barteselli (South San Francisco, Calif.), Alexandra Rose Cole (Oakland, Calif.), Natalia Fijalkowski Callaway (South San Francisco, Calif.), Adam Daniel Farchone (San Jose, Calif.), Carl C. Awh (South San Francisco, Calif.), Signe Ruth Erickson (South San Francisco, Calif.), Eric Bass (Chesterfield, Mo.), Renato Justo Ordonez (Chesterfield, Mo.) and Gregg Scheller (Chesterfield, Mo.).

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