ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,547,011, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES (Paris).

"Device for producing a polychromatic light beam by combining a plurality of individual light beams" was invented by Cyrielle Monpeurt (Grenoble, France), Mathieu Dupoy (Grenoble, France), Gabriel Jobert (Grenoble, France), Olivier Lartigue (Grenoble, France) and Gregoire Mathieu (Grenoble, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device includes several distinct laser sources each emitting an individual laser beam, a dispersive element, and a set of deflecting mirrors which, for each laser source, include a deflecting mirro...