ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,436,399, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to LaserWorld AG (Lengwil, Switzerland).

"Multi-wavelength laser beam homogenizer-expander light engine" was invented by Jordi Luque (Valley, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A laser beam homogenizer-expander has a first beam shaper element to divide the incident beams into beamlets along the main optical axis, and a second beam shaper element which defines the top-hat intensity distribution output, thus leading to a 2nd homogenization stage. The laser beam homogenizer-expander also has several light diffusers, mirrors, filters, and output lenses to achieve a good homogenization at the desired...