ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,379,534, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Meridian Innovation Pte Ltd. (Singapore).

"Cover for an infrared detector and a method of fabricating a cover for an infrared detector" was invented by Xintong Zhang (Shenzhen, China), Wei Zhou (Pak Shek Kok, Hong Kong), Ilker Ender Ocak (Singapore) and He Li (Pak Shek Kok, Hong Kong).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cover for an infrared detector and a method of fabricating the cover are disclosed. The cover comprises a wafer comprising a material such as silicon that transmits infrared radiation. The wafer has a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface. An antireflective reg...