ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,663,605, issued on June 23, was assigned to Celestron Acquisition LLC (Torrance, Calif.).
"Optical lens heating system and method" was invented by Eric J. Kopit (Redondo Beach, Calif.), Corey Lee (Ranchos Palos Verdes, Calif.), Joseph Garrison (Orange, Calif.), Daniel Goodwin (Lakewood, Calif.), Derik DeVecchio (Torrance, Calif.) and Kunal Bhadane (Pune, India).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for heating a lens of an optical device may include a mounting surface configured to be mounted on the lens with the mounting surface facing the lens, and a heating element that, with the mounting surface mounted on the lens, is proximate the...