ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,599,301, issued on April 14, was assigned to Verily Life Sciences LLC (Dallas).

"System for conducting eye examinations for visual acuity" was invented by Jeremy Chan (San Jose, Calif.) and Supriyo Sinha (Menlo Park, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, devices, and methods for conducting an eye examination for visual acuity are provided. In one example, a system may include an optical subsystem positioned in front of one or both eyes of a user. The optical subsystem may comprise a handheld device or a head worn device, a visual indicator, and a plurality of vision modifiers. The system may determine a distance between the opt...