ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,692,798, issued on July 28, was assigned to GE Infrastructure Technology LLC (Greenville, S.C.).

"Apparatus for diverting radiation emitted from source" was invented by Kurt Kramer Schleif (Greenville, S.C.), Michael Allen Ball (Greer, S.C.) and Andrew David Ellis (Greenville, S.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Radiation emitted by a radiation source along a projected path can be diverted by a divergence angle by a lens in the projected path with a first surface and a second surface spaced apart along the projected path with the second surface farther from the radiation source than the first surface. The first surface can be curved and ...