US Patent Issued to ASML NETHERLANDS on Sept. 29 for "Optical element for generation of broadband radiation" (Dutch, German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,748,339, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to ASML NETHERLANDS B.V. (Veldhoven, Netherlands).

"Optical element for generation of broadband radiation" was invented by Patrick Sebastian Uebel (Marloffstein, Germany), Willem Richard Pongers (Veldhoven, Netherlands), Ralph Jozef Johannes Gerardus Anna Maria Smeets (Veldhoven, Netherlands), Amir Abdolvand (Eindhoven, Netherlands) and Krishnaparvathy Puthankovilakam (Eindhoven, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A monolithic optical element for generating broadband radiation upon receiving input radiation at an input end of the optical element is disclosed, the optical element includin...