ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,769,123, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to LUMUS LTD. (Ness Ziona, Israel).

"Encapsulated light-guide optical elements for near eye display" was invented by Yochay Danziger (Kfar Vradim, Israel), Eitan Ronen (Rechovot, Israel), Amir Shapira (Ness Ziona, Israel), Ido Fuchs (Ness Ziona, Israel), Edgar Friedmann (Sdey-Avraham, Israel) and Aviv Frommer (Yokneam Moshava, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical device has an LOE formed from a light-transmitting material having a first refractive index. A pair of parallel major external surfaces of the LOE guide image illumination within the LOE by TIR. At least one optical coupling c...