ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,372,707, issued on July 29, was assigned to Fusion Optix Inc. (Woburn, Mass.).
"Edgelit light fixture with optically transmissive component for improved appearance of lightguide input region" was invented by Terence Yeo (Boston), Timothy Kelly (Brookline, Mass.) and Michael Demas (Charlestown, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A optically transmissive component is configured within a light fixture to provide benefits in brightness uniformity and visual appearance with the use of a light scattering extension portion that provides light scattering of light emitted from near an input edge of a light guide or other edgelit optical element...