US Patent Issued to OLEDCOMM on July 29 for "Method for designing an expanded compound parabolic concentrator (ECPC) correctable for collecting light in the near-field" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,372,765, issued on July 29, was assigned to OLEDCOMM.

"Method for designing an expanded compound parabolic concentrator (ECPC) correctable for collecting light in the near-field" was invented by Juan Camilo Valencia-Estrada (Velizy-Villacoublay, France) and Alejandro Espinoza-Garcia (Plaisir, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A compound parabolic concentrator includes a coupling surface for positioning on a sensitive surface of a photodetector of a receiving device, a collecting surface for receiving optical signals, and a side surface located between the coupling surface and the collecting surface, the side surface including two inc...