ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,378,108, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Teknologian tutkimuskeskus VTT Oy (Espoo, Finland).

"Lens for a microelectromechanical system mirror" was invented by Tapio Pernu (Espoo, Finland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to an example aspect of the present invention, there is provided a lens for a Microelectrical System, MEMS, mirror apparatus, comprising a circular top surface, the circular top surface being provided with a recess having an inclined surface extending from the circular top surface and a side wall having an inclined section extending from the circular top surface, wherein the inclined section is inclined towards t...