ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,642,432, issued on June 2, was assigned to Phoenix-Micron Inc. (Bend, Ore.).

"Field adjustable optics lens" was invented by Jonathan Roy Thorn (Bend, Ore.) and Jonathan Scott Carr (Bend, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides an apparatus including a lens housing coupled to a lens assembly, a first lens disposed in a first end of the lens housing, a lens holder disposed in a second end of the lens housing, a lens aligner coupled to the lens assembly, and an optical element. The optical element is insertable laterally into the lens assembly to adjust a transverse position of the first lens and the second lens b...