ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,210,172, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to LUMENCO LLC.

"Diffuser combining a multi-faceted surface and a lens-covered surface to provide specific light distributions" was invented by Mark A. Raymond (Englewood, Colo.), Hector Andres Porras Soto (Englewood, Colo.) and Howard Lange (Englewood, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical diffuser includes a body formed of a material that is at least translucent to light, a back surface for receiving output light from a light source and for scattering the output light received on the back surface to provide diffuse light, and a front surface, on the body opposite the back surface on th...