ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,504,571, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to VIAVI SOLUTIONS INC. (Chandler, Ariz.).

"Article including two external layers of absorbing nanoparticles" was invented by Alberto Argoitia (Santa Rosa, Calif.), Johannes P. Seydel (Petaluma, Calif.) and Kangning Liang (Santa Rosa, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An article including two external layers of absorbing nanoparticles; and at least one refractive index layer chosen from a high refractive index layer and a low refractive index layer, in which the at least one refractive index layer is between the two external layers of absorbing nanoparticles is disclosed. Additionally, there i...