ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,715,188, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corp. (San Francisco).

"High performance multi spectral coated freeform optical elements" was invented by Titus Marc DeVine (Shingle Springs, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A glass part to be made into a two-part freeform optical element is received. The glass part includes a precision freeform surface in a first specific spatial shape and a to-be-corrected surface. A non-glass material layer is added onto the to-be-corrected surface of the glass part to produce an accurate second surface in a second specific spatial shape. An optical coating is applied to th...