ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,253,255, issued on March 18, was assigned to VODE LIGHTING LLC (Sonoma, Calif.).
"Luminaires with light refocusing elements" was invented by Sam Freeman (Santa Rosa, Calif.), Richard Wong (Santa Rosa, Calif.), Scott S Yu (Tiburon, Calif.) and Eric Mar (San Rafael, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An augmented lens assembly for use with a light source featuring a main lens component having one or a plurality of light refocusing elements associated with the main lens and arranged along at least one surface of the main lens of the lens assembly that provides for improved uniformity in light distribution and improved illumination. Lumi...