US Patent Issued to NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS on Aug. 4 for "Planar optic hybrid telephoto lens" (California, Virginia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,699,206, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS Corp. (Falls Church, Va.).

"Planar optic hybrid telephoto lens" was invented by Philip W.C. Hon (Redondo Beach, Calif.), Michael L. Dupuis (Redondo Beach, Calif.), Shu-i Wang (Redondo Beach, Calif.), Stephane Larouche (Redondo Beach, Calif.), Sze Wah Lee (Redondo Beach, Calif.), Katherine T. Fountaine (Redondo Beach, Calif.) and David Ross Shafer (Falls Church, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A telephoto lens assembly including a primary lens sub-assembly having at least one lens, and being operable to collect and focus light to an intermediate focal location. The asse...