US Patent Issued to Moxtek on Feb. 17 for "Wire grid polarizer having wires with silicon core and silicon dioxide ribs" (Utah Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,554,056, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Moxtek Inc. (Orem, Utah).

"Wire grid polarizer having wires with silicon core and silicon dioxide ribs" was invented by Matthew C. George (Lindon, Utah), Daniel Bacon-Brown (Sandy, Utah), R. Stewart Nielson (Pleasant Grove, Utah) and Shaun Patrick Ogden (Saratoga Springs, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The wire grid polarizers 10 and 30 described herein, and wire grid polarizers made by methods described herein, can have high performance across a broad range of the ultraviolet spectrum and across a broad angle of incidence. These polarizers can be durable (resistant to heat, moisture, ultr...