ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,681,265, issued on July 14, was assigned to UNIVERSITE PARIS-SACLAY (Gif-sur-Yvette, France) and CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (Paris).

"Optical instrument positioning device and method" was invented by Mehdi Bouzit (Les Ulis, France), Vincent Hamm (Gif-sur-Yvette, France) and Guillaume Lequertier (Mareuil les Meaux, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for positioning an equipment such as a space optical instrument mirror, including: a platform intended to receive the equipment or forming a portion of the equipment, and six actuating members connected to the platform; each of the actuating members having a body ...