ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,724,175, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to High Performance Optics Inc. (Roanoke, Va.).

"Contact lens with optical prophylaxis" was invented by Mark Acerson (North Logan, Utah), David Owen Baumann (Hyrum, Utah), Dustin Cefalo (Logan, Utah), Frank Chang (Cumming, Ga.), Peter Haaland (Belmont, Mass.), Troy Holland (Suwanee, Ga.), Andrew Ishak (Aberdeen, Md.), Raja Gabadage Waruna E. Jinadasa (North Logan, Utah), Mark L. Nelson (Midway, Utah), Larry Rodriguez (Concord, N.C.), Adam Sniady (Lilburn, Ga.), Houliang Tang (Alpharetta, Ga.) and Jiangxing Zhang (Salt Lake City).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides metallo...