US Patent Issued to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute on July 8 for "3-D optics with beam forming features" (New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,352,408, issued on July 8, was assigned to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Troy, N.Y.).

"3-D optics with beam forming features" was invented by Nadarajah Narendran (Clifton Park, N.Y.) and Ukwatte Lokuliyanage Indika Upendra Perera (Clifton Park, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In an embodiment, there is provided a three-dimensional (3-D) optic for beam shaping. The 3-D optic includes a first surface, a second surface and a beam forming feature. The first surface is configured to receive incident light. The second surface is positioned relative to the first surface and is configured to emit a light beam having a shape. The emitted b...