US Patent Issued to Akonia Holographics on May 13 for "Skew mirrors, methods of use, and methods of manufacture" (Colorado Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,298,549, issued on May 13, was assigned to Akonia Holographics LLC (Longmont, Colo.).

"Skew mirrors, methods of use, and methods of manufacture" was invented by Mark R. Ayres (Boulder, Colo.), Kenneth E. Anderson (Longmont, Colo.), Adam Urness (Boulder, Colo.) and Bradley J. Sissom (Boulder, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical reflective device referred to as a skew mirror, having a reflective axis that need not be constrained to surface normal, is described. Examples of skew mirrors are configured to reflect light about a constant reflective axis across a relatively wide range of wavelengths. In some examples, a skew mirror ...