US Patent Issued to FONDAZIONE ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA on Nov. 4 for "Device for the spherical orientation of an optical element, in particular for directing a light beam, such as a laser beam" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,461,359, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to FONDAZIONE ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA (Genoa, Italy).

"Device for the spherical orientation of an optical element, in particular for directing a light beam, such as a laser beam" was invented by Alperen Acemoglu (Genoa, Italy) and Leonardo Serra De Mattos (Genoa, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for the spherical orientation of an optical element is provided comprising a support structure, the optical element having an optically useful surface adapted to interact with an incident light beam, a mechanism mounted on support structure and capable of rotating the optical element in ...