US Patent Issued to ABL IP Holding on June 17 for "Area optical cover with faceted surface" (Georgia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,331,922, issued on June 17, was assigned to ABL IP Holding LLC (Atlanta).

"Area optical cover with faceted surface" was invented by Jie Chen (Snellville, Ga.) and Melissa Ricketts (Conyers, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An area optical cover for a linear light source extends along an axial direction. The optical cover includes a portion of an optical material that forms a constant cross-section transverse to the axial direction. An outer surface of the cross-section is substantially planar, and an inner surface of the cross-section forms a plurality of facets. Each of the facets forms a refractive surface that is configured to refra...