ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,663,243, issued on June 23, was assigned to IMMOBILEYES INC. (Kent, Ohio).

"Multifunction portable illumination system" was invented by Bahman Taheri (Shaker Heights, Ohio) and Atossa Alavi (Shaker Heights, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multifunction portable illumination system includes a housing having a power source. A broadband illumination source connected to the power source and capable of producing broadband illuminating light. The system includes an imaging disruption assembly including at least one narrow-band light source capable of generating one or more high intensity light beams (HILB) and a light modifying assembly ...