ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,716,570, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to NICHIA Corp. (Anan, Japan).

"Light source device and heating system including light source device" was invented by Keiichi Mochizuki (Matsumoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A light source device includes first to fourth laser light sources that emit first to fourth laser light, a condenser lens, first to fourth reflecting surfaces that reflect the first to fourth laser lights toward the condenser lens, and first to fourth afocal systems disposed such that the first to fourth laser lights exit the first to fourth afocal systems toward the first to fourth reflecting surfaces. When a plan...