ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,280, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Sophia Holdings S.A. DE C.V. (Jalisco, Mexico).

"Pharmaceutical ophthalmic compositions for protection against blue light" was invented by Paulina Chavez Hurtado (Zapopan, Mexico), Juan Manuel Martinez Alejo (Zapopan, Mexico) and Juan de Dios Quintana Hau (Zapopan, Mexico).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to ophthalmic pharmaceutical compositions in the form of oil-in-water (O/W) nanoemulsions comprising a mixture of specific components with modified physicochemical properties, in combination with an oil-xantophyll mixture for protection against blue light."

The pate...