ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,298,592, issued on May 13, was assigned to Optotune Switzerland AG (Dietikon, Switzerland).

"Tiltable mirror device" was invented by Wolfgang Zesch (Dietikon, Switzerland), Manuel Aschwanden (Dietikon, Switzerland), Alan Cortizo (Dietikon, Switzerland), Xavier Palou Garcia (Dietikon, Switzerland), Michael Zihlmann (Dietikon, Switzerland) and Felix Arnold (Dietikon, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a tiltable mirror device (1) comprising the components: a tiltable portion (2) comprising a substrate (2.1) having a reflective layer (2.2) for reflecting electromagnetic waves, a fixed portion (3) relative to...