ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,596,210, issued on April 7, was assigned to NIL Technology ApS (Kongens Lyngby, Denmark).

"Multi-level structures and methods for manufacturing the same" was invented by Brian Bilenberg (Olstykke, Denmark) and Tobias Hedegaard Bro (Bronshoj, Denmark).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure describes techniques for fabricating a multi-level structure. For example, in accordance with some implementations, the disclosure describes techniques for fabricating a multi-level master from which optical elements can be replicated either directly or by way of a sub-master. The disclosure also describes multi-level optical elements and ...