ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,537,360, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Universitaet Stuttgart (Stuttgart, Germany).

"Radiation field generating system" was invented by Marwan Abdou Ahmed (Stuttgart, Germany) and Frieder Beirow (Stuttgart, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A radiation field generating system comprising an optical unit with an optical assembly which defines an optical path is provided, wherein the optical unit is operable in several different operation conditions and the optical assembly comprises at least one optical switching component with which switching between at least two different operation conditions of the several operation conditions...