ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,687,725, issued on July 21, was assigned to Magic Leap Inc. (Plantation, Fla.).

"Imprint lithography using multi-layer coating architecture" was invented by Marlon Edward Menezes (Austin, Texas), Vikramjit Singh (Pflugerville, Texas) and Frank Y. Xu (Austin, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Structures for forming an optical feature and methods for forming the optical feature are disclosed. In some embodiments, the structure comprises a patterned layer comprising a pattern corresponding to the optical feature; a base layer; and an intermediate layer bonded to the patterned layer and the base layer."

The patent was filed on April 21, ...