ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,442,971, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to VIAVI SOLUTIONS INC. (Chandler, Ariz.).
"Optical devices" was invented by Johannes Seydel (Petaluma, Calif.), Mark Tevis (Novato, Calif.), Kangning Liang (Santa Rosa, Calif.), Jaroslaw Zieba (Santa Rosa, Calif.), Paul Thomas Kohlmann (Windsor, Calif.) and Jeffrey James Kuna (San Francisco).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sheet including a reflector having a first surface, a second surface opposite the first surface, and a third surface; a first selective light modulator layer external to of the first surface of the reflector; and a second selective light modulator layer external to the second s...