ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,487,470, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Fuzhou Photop Optics Co. Ltd. (Fujian Province, China).

"System and method for generating a two-dimensional optical or laser beam or line" was invented by Yanfeng Yang (Cupertino, Calif.), Guanglong Yu (Fuzhou, China), Junjie Yao (Fuzhou, China), Xu Jia (Fuzhou, China) and Junmei Li (Fuzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for generating a two-dimensional optical or laser beam, line, or pattern includes a diffractive optical element (DOE) for changing or modifying an intensity distribution of an input optical or laser beam passing through the DOE. A focal lens receives th...