US Patent Issued to The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy on Nov. 4 for "Wideband antireflective surface structures for optics and methods of manufacturing the same" (Virginia, North Carolina, District Of Columbia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,461,284, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Arlington, Va.).

"Wideband antireflective surface structures for optics and methods of manufacturing the same" was invented by Lynda E. Busse (Alexandria, Va.), Leslie B. Shaw (Washington), Jesse A. Frantz (Woodbridge, Va.), Jasbinder S. Sanghera (Ashburn, Va.) and Ishwar D. Aggarwal (Charlotte, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An antireflection optical element formed from an optical material. The optical material includes a first plurality of antireflective surface structures in the form of first prot...