ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,438,500, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to OY ICS INTELLIGENT CONTROL SYSTEMS LTD (Helsinki).

"Optical structure for solar applications and manufacturing method" was invented by Kari Rinko (Helsinki).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An thin and flat reflector solution is provided including an entirely flat, planar base element; and an at least one flat, planar carrier element provided with cavities arranged into an at least one pattern, wherein the carrier element(s) and optionally the base element are substantially optically transparent, wherein the at least one carrier element is laminated together with a base element such, that an at leas...