US Patent Issued to BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration on April 15 for "Wide angle MWIR F-theta lens" (New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,276,775, issued on April 15, was assigned to BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc. (Nashua, N.H.).

"Wide angle MWIR F-theta lens" was invented by Mark L. Oskotsky (Mamaroneck, N.Y.) and Michael J. Russo Jr. (Roslyn, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wide angle MWIR F-theta lens with an F# of 2. The lens is deployed on airborne platforms for remote sensing applications. The lens is corrected for monochromatic and chromatic aberrations over the wavelength range 5000 nm-3300 nm. The image of the remote target is formed on a focal plane which may constitute CCD or CMOS with micro lenses. The lens comprises four g...