ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,681,216, issued on July 14, was assigned to Focuslight Switzerland SA (Hauterive, Switzerland).

"Micro-lens based module comprising nanostructured layer" was invented by Giorgio Quaranta (Neuchatel, Switzerland), Wilfried Noell (Neuchatel, Switzerland) and Christopher Bremer (Neuchatel, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A micro-lens based module including at least one nanostructured layer, the nanostructured layer including one or several diffractive domains corresponding to an optical object. The claimed micro-lens based module allows dynamic and/or coloured projections of optical objects with an improved optical quality. The p...