ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,372,704, issued on July 29.
"Systems and methods of side illumination of waveguides" was invented by Claudio Oliveira Egalon (Volta Redonda, Brazil).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods of side coupling, side illumination or side injection (as opposed to axial coupling, illumination, or injection) of a waveguide are disclosed. More particularly, it relates to increased coupling, by orders of magnitude, and, consequently, increased transmission, along a waveguide, of any wave by side coupling, side illumination, or side injection."
The patent was filed on Dec. 9, 2020, under Application No. 17/769,606.
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