US Patent Issued to NILT Switzerland on Aug. 11 for "Microwave treatment of replicated optical structures" (Danish Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,704,658, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to NILT Switzerland GmbH (Horgen, Switzerland).

"Microwave treatment of replicated optical structures" was invented by James Eilertsen (Skodsborg, Denmark).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An example method includes pressing a face of a stamp into a replication material disposed on a substrate, to cause the replication material to have a predetermined characteristic, in which a plurality of nano-sized microwave susceptors are embedded in the replication material, curing the replication material by applying microwaves to the replication material, and removing the face of the stamp from contact with th...