ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,787,620, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to OTI Lumionics Inc. (Mississauga, Canada).

"Opto-electronic device with transparent apertures in non-uniform layout" was invented by Michael Helander (Mississauga, Canada) and Zhibin Wang (Mississauga, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An opto-electronic device comprises first and second laterally extending defining layers deposited on a substrate. The first and second defining layers reduce EM transmission therethrough in corresponding wavelength range(s) and comprises respective first and second layer aperture(s) therein defined by corresponding first and second layer laterally extending ape...