ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,404,991, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to ROBE lighting s.r.o. (Roznov pod Radhostem, Czech Republic).

"Light source alignment system" was invented by Michal Stanek (Valasske Mezirici, Czech Republic), Jan Vilem (Valasske Mezirici, Czech Republic), Tomas David (Podoli, Czech Republic) and Josef Valchar (Prostredni Becva, Czech Republic).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A luminaire includes a light source emitting a first light beam with a first optical axis. An optical element of the light source alignment system receives the first light beam and emits a second light beam with a second optical axis. The second optical axis is substantiall...