ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,742,885, issued on Sept. 22.

"Atmosphere-penetrating laser" was invented by David Cohen (Herzliya, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A laser beam for improved atmospheric penetration is produced by a device having two or more laser sources each producing a laser beam of a different wavelength. The beams are combined by an optical combiner into a composite beam having at least two wavelengths, so that the different properties of the different wavelengths may combine to improve atmospheric penetration."

The patent was filed on Sept. 21, 2023, under Application No. 18/370,898.

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