ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,222,198, issued on Feb. 11, was assigned to HOCHSCHULE TRIER (Trier, Germany).
"Optical measurement device and multiple mirror" was invented by Michael Schuth (Riol, Germany) and Christopher Petry (Trier, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multiple mirror for multiplying a single incident wavefront of electromagnetic radiation into a plurality of outgoing wavefronts, including at least one first mirror, onto which the incident wavefront first falls, and a second mirror, on which the wavefront is last reflected, wherein the mirror planes are superimposed in the direction of movement of the first wavefront. The first mirror is partia...