ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,542,410, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to EAGLE TECHNOLOGY LLC (Melbourne, Fla.).

"Optical system for use with a vacuum chamber and associated method" was invented by Christopher A. Corey (Palm Bay, Fla.), Abigail S. Nunez (Palm Bay, Fla.) and Michael R. Lange (Melbourne, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical system for use with a vacuum chamber may include a target to be positioned within the vacuum chamber, a laser source, and an optical assembly to be positioned within the vacuum chamber between the target and the laser source. The optical assembly may include a housing, a frame, a lens carried by the frame, and spiral flexur...