ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,675,003, issued on July 7, was assigned to Nthalmic Holding Pty Ltd (Sydney) and Brighten Optix Corp. (Taipei City, Taiwan).

"Contact lens for myopia with or without astigmatism" was invented by Ravi Chandra Bakaraju (Sydney), Klaus Ehrmann (Sydney), Darrin Falk (Sydney) and Richard I Tsung Wu (Taipei City, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to contact lenses for use with eyes experiencing eye-length related disorders, like myopia with or without astigmatism. This invention relates to a contact lens for managing myopia with or without astigmatism: wherein the contact lens is configured with an optical zon...