US Patent Issued to The Johns Hopkins University on Nov. 18 for "Space-based imaging device and method of manufacture thereof" (Maryland, Virginia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,473,101, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore).

"Space-based imaging device and method of manufacture thereof" was invented by David B. Shrekenhamer (Bethesda, Md.), Joseph A. Miragliotta (Ellicott City, Md.), Juliana T. Vievering (Columbia, Md.), Angelos Vourlidas (Alexandria, Va.), Joseph L. Centurelli (Baltimore), Chad N. Weiler (Columbia, Md.) and Nora C. Lane (Columbia, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for imaging light, or a source of the light, includes a window for receiving incident light from the source, at least one metasurface, and at least one wedge prism. The metasurface and ...