Patents

US 10209528 B1: Operation of an electromagnetic radiation focusing element

Granted
2019-02-19
Filed
2015-06-09 application 14545713
Type
Utility · 33 claims
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Abstract

A combination of a focusing element, and a filtering element which naturally adjusts the cross-sectional area of a beam of electromagnetic radiation passed through the focusing element as a function of wavelength over a specified range of wavelengths, wherein the filtering element is not uniform, but rather varies as a selection from the group consisting of:

Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg190219.xml).

Assignees

AssigneeTypePlaceAlso on furp.orgSource
J.A. WOOLLAM CO., INC. 108 patentsUS company or organizationLincoln, NEJ.A. WOOLLAM CO., INC. State business registration EXACT high confidence: identical full name and statePVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10

Inventors

InventorPlacePatentsPerson pageSource
Martin M. LiphardtLincoln, NE78PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10

CPC categories

SubclassCategoryFirst groupSource
G02BOptical elements, systems or apparatusG02B27/0988PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10
G01JMeasurement of intensity, velocity, spectral content, polarisation, phase or pulse characteristics of infrared, visible or ultraviolet light; colorimetry; radiation pyrometryG01J4/04PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10

Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).

Assignments and security interests

RecordedWhatFromToReel/frameSource
2015-11-03Assignment
Assignment of assignor's interest
LIPHARDT, MARTIN M. signed 2015-06-09J.A. WOOLLAM CO., INC. LINCOLN, NE37045/669ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25

Documents recorded with the USPTO Assignment Recordation Branch that list this patent. A security interest is a lender’s claim on the patent as collateral; a release ends it.

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