ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,481,164, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to DATALOGIC IP TECH S.R.L. (Calderara di Reno, Italy).

"Projection of laser light sign with reduced diffraction pattern" was invented by Kurt Vonmetz (Bologna, Italy) and Luigi Cini (Calderara di Reno, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for projecting coherent light with reduced diffraction pattern may include a coherent illumination source, structure with an aperture, and focusing lens. The focusing lens may have an object plane defined between the illumination source and structure, such that an illumination signal, such as an indication signal (e.g., green spot, aiming sig...