US Patent Issued to SNAP on March 25 for "Optical device" (British Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,259,586, issued on March 25, was assigned to SNAP INC. (Santa Monica, Calif.).

"Optical device" was invented by James Leighton (Burghfield Common, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Optical devices and methods include a first waveguide having a first surface and a second waveguide including a second surface. The first waveguide is at a fixed position relative to the second waveguide with the first surface at least partly facing the second surface, and the first surface includes a first positioning element. The first positioning element is a NanoImprint Lithography (NIL) structure. The optical device further includes an adhesiv...