ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,691,650, issued on July 28, was assigned to LEONARDO VISION S.R.L. (Montecatini-Terme, Italy).

"Method to manufacture a mold for lenses, and corresponding mold" was invented by Leonardo Pesi (Montecatini-Terme, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention concerns a method to manufacture a mold (10) for forming contact lenses (100) using the technique of molding with molds of monomeric and/or polymeric material; such molds (10) comprise a male element (11) and a female element (12), which cooperate to define a cavity suitable to accommodate monomeric and/or polymeric material in the liquid state intended to form the lens (100), whe...