US Patent Issued to Renishaw on Dec. 23 for "Optical scanner for directing electromagnetic radiation to different locations within a scan field" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,502,712, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Renishaw PLC (Wotton-under-Edge, Great Britain).

"Optical scanner for directing electromagnetic radiation to different locations within a scan field" was invented by David Roberts Mcmurtry (Dursley, Great Britain) and John Dardis (Minchinhampton, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and apparatus for determining an alignment of an optical scanner for directing an electromagnetic beam to locations within a scan field. The method may include locating a reference element within the scan field of the optical scanner and controlling the optical scanner to cause the electromagnetic b...