US Patent Issued to Attochron on July 1 for "Free space optical communications using a remote optical head" (Virginia, New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,348,268, issued on July 1, was assigned to Attochron LLC (Lexington, Va.).

"Free space optical communications using a remote optical head" was invented by Thomas M. Chaffee (Lexington, Va.), Wayne H. Knox (Rochester, N.Y.), Brian M. Gregory (Lexington, Va.) and Taz M. Colangelo (Lexington, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are described for transmitting information optically in free space. For instance, a system may include an optical signal generator to generate an amplified beam of light. A telescope transmits the amplified beam through the medium and receives an inbound beam of light. A detector system may include ...