US Patent Issued to LIGHTWAVE LOGIC on April 29 for "Nonlinear optical chromophores, nonlinear optical materials containing the same, and uses thereof in optical devices" (Colorado, Delaware Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,286,438, issued on April 29, was assigned to LIGHTWAVE LOGIC INC. (Englewood, Colo.).

"Nonlinear optical chromophores, nonlinear optical materials containing the same, and uses thereof in optical devices" was invented by Andrew Ashton (Newark, Del.) and Barry Johnson (Castle Rock, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Nonlinear optical chromophores having thiophene-containing bridging groups between the electron-donating and electron-accepting ends of the chromophore are disclosed, including bridging groups which contain cyclic moieties in combination with conjugated double bonds between the electron-donating and electron-accepting ends of...