ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,554,153, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to 3M Innovative Properties Co. (St. Paul, Minn.).

"Display system" was invented by Stephen J. Etzkorn (Woodbury, Minn.), Michael L. Steiner (New Richmond, Wis.), Kevin W. Gotrik (Hudson, Wis.), Luke A Schroeder (Maplewood, Minn.), Nicholas A. Johnson (Burnsville, Minn.) and John A. Wheatley (Stillwater, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display system includes a display configured to emit an image for viewing by a viewer. The display system further includes one or more phase lens layers disposed on, and substantially co-extensive in length and width with the display. Each of the one or more ...