ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,259,633, issued on March 25, was assigned to Lightwave Logic Inc. (Englewood, Colo.).

"Nonlinear optical chromophores having a diamondoid group attached thereto, methods of preparing the same, and uses thereof" was invented by Cory Pecinovsky (Lafayette, Colo.), Barry Johnson (Castle Rock, Colo.) and Ginelle Ramann (Centennial, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Nonlinear optical chromophores having one or more diamondoid groups covalently attached to the chromophore, methods of making nonlinear optical chromophores, their use in thin films and electro-optical devices containing such nonlinear optical chromophores and thin films compr...