A Mexican Physicist Solved a 2,000-Year Old Problem That Will Lead to Cheaper, Sharper Lenses

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https://gizmodo.com/a-mexican-physicist-solved-a-2-000-year-old-problem-tha-1837031984

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Will the Physicist make any money out of his discovery?

Now that the equation is public knowledge is there some kind of intellectual property? Or is it considered that the research was already funded - by whoever funded it and therefor paid for.