ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,974, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).
"Optical component for generating light effect" was invented by Rifat Ata Mustafa Hikmet (Eindhoven, Netherlands), Paulus Albertus Van Hal (Waalre, Netherlands) and Bert Wouters (Veldhoven, Netherlands).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical component (10) is disclosed comprising a plurality of layers (11), each layer comprising a core portion (13) and a shell portion (15) enveloping the core portion, wherein the core portion is made of a first material and the shell portion is made of a second material, the first material and the second material...