ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,326,563, issued on June 10, was assigned to SNAP INC. (Santa Monica, Calif.).

"Cantilevered waveguide for extended reality glasses" was invented by Stephen Andrew Steger (Los Angeles).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device includes a frame and a waveguide. The waveguide has a first end fixedly coupled to a first portion of the frame, and a second end proximal to a second portion of the frame and detached from the frame. When the frame deforms to displace the first portion and the second portion relative to each other, the second end of the waveguide is not displaced relative to the first end of the waveguide as a result of the frame defo...