ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,474,573, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to TDG Acquisition Co. LLC (Henrietta, N.Y.).
"Optic and assembly for reduced reflections" was invented by Theodore K Ricks (Pittsford, N.Y.), Chris P Brophy (Pittsford, N.Y.) and Nathan E Burdick (Rochester, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optic providing reduction in secondary or ghost images includes a beam splitter, a reflective surface, and at least one baffle therebetween. A transmissive surface may be located between the beam splitter and the reflective surface. The baffle is positioned to intercept internally reflected ghost rays while being substantially parallel to outside light r...