US Patent Issued to Raytheon on April 8 for "Optical sensor with dual-axis gimballed transmitter and staring detector" (Arizona Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,270,946, issued on April 8, was assigned to Raytheon Co. (Arlington, Va.).

"Optical sensor with dual-axis gimballed transmitter and staring detector" was invented by Gerald P. Uyeno (Tucson, Ariz.), Eric Rogala (Tucson, Ariz.), Mark K. Lange (Tucson, Ariz.), Sean D. Keller (Tucson, Ariz.), Vanessa Reyna (Tucson, Ariz.), Benn H. Gleason (Tucson, Ariz.), Craig O. Shott (Benson, Ariz.), Garret A. Odom (Tucson, Ariz.) and Jon E. Leigh (Tucson, Ariz.).

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