ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,479,176, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to CORNING Inc. (Corning, N.Y.).
"Fabrication methods of a Luneburg lens" was invented by Andrey Kobyakov (Painted Post, N.Y.) and Gregory Kobyakov (Austin, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods of forming Luneburg lenses and Luneburg lenses formed from same are provided. One method includes providing a spherical core formed of a material with a substantially uniform dielectric constant from a center of the spherical core to an outer surface of the spherical core. The method further includes forming a plurality of holes that are substantially uniform in size and symmetrically located about ...