ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,345,853, issued on July 1, was assigned to ams-OSRAM International GmbH (Regensburg, Germany).

"Organic anti-reflective coating for visible and IR optical components for emission efficiency" was invented by Darshan Kundaliya (Middleton, Mass.), Alan Lenef (Belmont, Mass.) and Alan Piquette (Kensington, N.H.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention concerns an optoelectronic device, in particular an optical wavelength converter or infrared (IR) emitting or IR photodiode device, comprising an organic matrix, wherein the organic matrix is coated with at least one layer comprising an amorphous fluoropolymer. The invention also per...