ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,754,347, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to Charles Dove (Berkeley, Calif.).

"Volumetric, nonlocal metasurface device that maps certain incident electromagnetic waves to at least one spot on a surface of the device, and methods of manufacture" was invented by Charles Alexander Dove (Berkeley, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A novel metasurface and method of manufacture are disclosed. The metasurface of the present disclosure is a volumetric and nonlocal metasurface that maps incident electromagnetic waves to a spot on the bottom of the metasurface. The metasurface defines a complex of structural optical properties to manipulate the e...