ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,504,649, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Polight ASA (Tonsberg, Norway).

"Spectacles with sandwiched polymer structure" was invented by Vladimir Kartashov (Horten, Norway), Lars Henriksen (Tonsberg, Norway), Pierre Craen (Embourg, Belgium) and Janne Tapani Kilpinen (Akaa, Finland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a spectacle lens comprising a first transparent cover member, a second transparent cover member wherein the first cover member comprises a proximal surface arranged to face the eye and the second cover member comprises a distal surface arranged to face the surroundings when in use, one or more actuators ...