ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,222,098, issued on Feb. 11, was assigned to GAGGIONE SAS (Montreal-la-Cluse, France).

"Illumination system with lens projecting asymmetrical light beam" was invented by Jean-Pierre Lauret (Oyonnax, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for shaping a primary light beam, the shaping device including a plurality of shaping structures. Each shaping structure has at least one first optical surface configured to direct incident light beams in a desired direction, and a second optical surface configured to totally internally reflect incident light beams towards the first optical surface. An LED might provide the primary light beam, and...