US Patent Issued to Metalenz on July 14 for "Self-aligned nano-pillar coatings and method of manufacturing" (Illinois, Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,681,210, issued on July 14, was assigned to Metalenz Inc. (Boston).

"Self-aligned nano-pillar coatings and method of manufacturing" was invented by Seyedali Forouzmand (Malden, Mass.) and Pawel Latawiec (Chicago).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Meta-surface devices may be advantageously used for miniaturization, planar and thin film, high spatial resolution, and dense integration into optical devices. They have the potential to be used for steering a beam propagation direction, shaping wave-front light, and imparting information for application such as sensing, imaging, light detection, and ranging. However, meta-surface devices may have p...