ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,298,107, issued on May 13, was assigned to ROKETSAN ROKET SANAYII TICARET A. S. (Ankara, Turkey).

"Semi-active laser seeker for miniature, laser-guided missile systems" was invented by Selcuk Seyhun (Ankara, Turkey) and Berk Bolat (Ankara, Turkey).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a semi-active laser seeker head for miniature, laser-guided missile systems comprising a housing (20) limiting an inner chamber (23); a lens element (40) that is seated in a gap (26) of the housing (20) reaching the inner chamber (23) so as to receive electromagnetic radiation. The laser seeker head comprises; a body (44) that has a...