ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,782,712, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Preciseley Microtechnology Corp. (Burnaby, Canada).

"Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems micromirrors and micromirror arrays" was invented by Tiansheng Zhou (Edmonton, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A micromirror which comprises a mirror pivotally attached to a mount by a first pivoting structure that permits pivotal movement of the mirror relative to the mount about a first axis; a first comb drive which has a first position fixed relative to the mirror and second portion fixed relative to the mount. The first comb drive being for actuating the mirror about the first axis. A weight connected...