ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,601,860, issued on April 14, was assigned to 3M Innovative Properties Co. (St. Paul, Minn.).

"Undulating metal layer and optical construction including same" was invented by Adam T. Ringberg (St. Paul, Minn.), Vivian W. Jones (Woodbury, Minn.), James A. Phipps (River Falls, Wis.), Tri D. Pham (Woodbury, Minn.), Przemyslaw P. Markowicz (Woodbury, Minn.), Mark A. Roehrig (Stillwater, Minn.), Stephen P. Maki (North St. Paul, Minn.), Bing Hao (Woodbury, Minn.), David J. Rowe (Roseville, Minn.), Serena L. Mollenhauer (Robertsa, Wis.), Mikhail A. Belkin (Chicago), Zhaohui Yang (North Oaks, Minn.) and Jathan D. Edwards (Afton, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent ...