ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,308,598, issued on May 20, was assigned to Corning Inc. (Corning, N.Y.).
"Capped blocking coating for laser optics" was invented by Gerald Philip Cox (Brockport, N.Y.) and Thomas Edward Gebo (Scottsville, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods, systems, and devices are described. A system may include an optically transmissive substrate having a protective coating on a first surface and a blocking coating on a second surface that is opposite the first surface. The protective coating is configured to protect the optically transmissive substrate from at least ultraviolet laser energy, and the blocking coating has a first thickness that...