US Patent Issued to STMicroelectronics (Research &Development) on April 15 for "Wafer level microstructures for an optical lens" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,276,816, issued on April 15, was assigned to STMicroelectronics (Research &Development) Ltd. (Marlow, Great Britain).

"Wafer level microstructures for an optical lens" was invented by Kevin Channon (Edinburgh, Great Britain), James Peter Drummond Downing (Doune, Great Britain) and Andy Price (Bonnyrigg, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various embodiments provide an optical lens that includes wafer level diffractive microstructures. In one embodiment, the optical lens includes a substrate, a microstructure layer having a first refractive index, and a protective layer having a second refractive index that is different from the ...