ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,552,116, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Docter Optics SE (Neustadt an der Orla, Germany) and HELLA GmbH & Co. KGaA (Lippstadt, Germany).

"Method of manufacturing a lens element" was invented by Florian Pilz (Neustadt an der Orla, Germany), Sven Frohlich (Neustadt an der Orla, Germany), Sebastian Kleineheismann (Lippstadt, Germany) and Ludwig Knorr (Lippstadt, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention concerns a method for producing an optical lens element, in particular for illumination purposes, in particular for producing a headlight lens for a vehicle headlight, in particular for a motor vehicle headlight (10), wherein ...