ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,253,741, issued on March 18, was assigned to PLX INC. (Deer Park, N.Y.).

"Mirror-based assemblies, including lateral transfer hollow retroreflectors, and their mounting structures and mounting methods" was invented by Itai Vishnia (Setauket, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An improved mirror-based assembly is provided. The mirror-based assembly has at least one mirror panel, at least one support member, and at least three connection regions between the at least one support member and the at least one mirror panel, comprising at least a first connection region comprising a miter joint connection region, at least a second connection r...