US Patent Issued to Lawrence Livermore National Security on July 28 for "System and method for radius of curvature modification of optical plates and lenses by irradiation with optical energy" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,691,532, issued on July 28, was assigned to Lawrence Livermore National Security LLC (Livermore, Calif.).

"System and method for radius of curvature modification of optical plates and lenses by irradiation with optical energy" was invented by Allison Eileen Marie Browar (Livermore, Calif.), Gabriel Mark Guss (Manteca, Calif.), Manyalibo Joseph Matthews (Livermore, Calif.), Nathan James Ray (Tracy, Calif.) and Nan Shen (Milpitas, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to an apparatus for modifying a curvature of a thin plate optic using controlled heat and densification of portions of the optic. In one embodi...