ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,431,691, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Schott AG (Mainz, Germany).

"Multilaser arrangement and housing cap for a multilaser arrangement" was invented by Robert Hettler (Kumhausen, Germany), Christoph Kiesl (Landshut, Germany), Josef Gabler (Altdorf, Germany) and Rainer Graf (Kumhausen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multilaser arrangement includes: a housing including a base plate, a housing cap fastened on the base plate, and a transparent element, the base plate including a bottom face, the housing cap including an opening with the transparent element assigned to the opening for the passage of electromagnetic radiation...