US Patent Issued to MURATA MANUFACTURING on Sept. 22 for "Optical component" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,742,929, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

"Optical component" was invented by Masaki Nagata (Nagaokakyo, Japan), Yasuhiro Shimizu (Nagaokakyo, Japan), Naoya Mori (Nagaokakyo, Japan) and Kazuho Shimada (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical component including: a first block having a first refractive index and a first reflective surface; a first light absorbing member containing a first metal ion that absorbs light having a first specific wavelength and has a second refractive index different from the first refractive index; a first buffer layer between and in co...