ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,729,956, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Spectricity (Mechelen, Belgium).

"Collimating array for an optical sensing device" was invented by Jonathan Borremans (Lier, Belgium), Maarten De Bock (Ghent, Belgium) and Ruben Lieten (Heverlee, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical sensor system comprises an array of optical sensors arranged on an integrated circuit and a plurality of filters with the bottom surface of the plurality of filters located above the top surface of the array of optical sensors. The optical sensor system further comprises an angle-of-incidence layer that includes a top surface, a bottom surface, and a th...