ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,276,783, issued on April 15, was assigned to Spacedesign Corp. (Houston).

"Light expander/contractor device and method of using same" was invented by Joseph Michael Clay (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The application provides a light expander/contractor device and method of using same, the light expander/contractor device comprising: a faceted quartz structure comprising a lateral surface communicating with a light processing surface at one end and communicating with a planar surface at an opposed end; the light processing surface comprising an initial surface extending from the lateral surface substantially parallel to the plana...