US Patent Issued to Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Forderung der angewandten Forschung on April 7 for "Optically structured element for a bird protection glass, optical system and use of the optically structured element" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,593,834, issued on April 7, was assigned to Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Forderung der angewandten Forschung e.V. (Munich).

"Optically structured element for a bird protection glass, optical system and use of the optically structured element" was invented by Thomas Kroyer (Freiburg, Germany) and Andreas Georg (Freiburg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optically structured element (1) for minimizing or preventing bird collisions, includes a carrier element (2), a high-reflectivity region (3), and a low-reflectivity region (4); which is distinguished in that a double cone reflectance difference of a first double cone reflectance o...