Patents by Inventor HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE

HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20130176622
    Abstract: An optical imaging system includes a first diffractive optical element that receives a multi-wavelength beam of light and separates the received beam of light into diffractive orders. The optical imaging system also includes a second diffractive optical element that includes panels displaced along the second diffractive element in at least one direction, where each panel is positioned to receive and pass the multi-wavelength beam of one of the diffractive orders. A refractive optical element is positioned to receive multi-wavelength beams of the diffractive orders that pass through the second diffractive element, and an optical lens that receives the multi-wavelength beams of the diffractive orders that pass through the refractive element and focuses each of the multi-wavelength beams of the diffractive orders to a different location on an image plane at the same time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2013
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Applicant: HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE
    Inventor: HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE