US Patent Issued to L.E.S.S. on March 4 for "Optical fiber light source with composite overcoating structure" (Swiss Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,242,096, issued on March 4, was assigned to L.E.S.S. Ltd (Renens, Switzerland).

"Optical fiber light source with composite overcoating structure" was invented by Yann Tissot (Lausanne, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A solid body made of an inactive, light transmissive material has embedded therein an optical fiber having a lengthwise segment in which a scattering structure is formed that is to redirect primary propagating light sideways out of the fiber. An active photoluminescent layer integrated in the optical fiber is to wavelength-convert the primary light into secondary light. The solid body is generally cylindrical but ...