ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,285,779, issued on April 29, was assigned to VIAVI SOLUTIONS INC. (Chandler, Ariz.).

"Multilayer articles containing organic layers" was invented by Alberto Argoitia (Santa Rosa, Calif.), Kangning Liang (Santa Rosa, Calif.) and Johannes P. Seydel (Petaluma, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An article includes a first organic layer and a second organic layer each with an interior embossed surface; and an embossed reflector layer adjacent to the interior embossed surface of the first organic layer and adjacent to the interior embossed surface of the second organic layer. A method of making an article is also disclosed."

The patent was...