ASSIGNMENT OF INVENTION AND PATENT RIGHTS

Inventor:     Garth W. Gobeli
Serial No:    PCT/US00/02845
Filing Date:  February 2, 2000

     For  valuable   consideration  received  or  to  be  received,  and  hereby
acknowledged, GARTH W. GOBELI REDACTED, (hereinafter referred to as "Inventor"),
hereby sells,  assigns and transfers unto ADVANCED OPTICS  ELECTRONICS,  INC., a
New Mexico corporation, of 8301 Washington N.E., Albuquerque,  New Mexico 87113,
its successors and assigns (hereinafter  referred to as "Assignee"),  the entire
interest for the United States of America and all foreign  countries,  including
all rights of priority under the international  conventions and treaties, in and
to a certain invention or improvement known as Electro-Optic  Light Valve Array,
and described in an international  application filed in the United States Patent
and  Trademark  Office as  Receiving  Office for the Patent  Cooperation  Treaty
Organization on February 2, 2000, as Attorney Docket No.  30737-PCT1,  and given
Application Serial No. PCT/US00/02845, which claims priority of U.S. application
serial number  09/247,157,  filed February 9, 1999, and in all Letters Patent of
the United  States and all  foreign  countries  which may or shall be granted on
said  invention,  or  any  parts  thereof,  or on  said  application,  or on any
provisional,  utility, divisional,  continuing,  continuation-in-part,  reissue,
reexamination  or other  applications  based in  whole or in part  thereon.  And
Inventor agrees hereafter to execute all applications,  amended  specifications,
deeds or other instruments, and to do all acts necessary or proper in Assignee's
sole  discretion to secure to Assignee the grant of Letters Patent in the United
States  and/or  in  other  countries  as  Assignee  may  determine  in its  sole
discretion,  with specifications and claims in such form as shall be approved by
Assignee's counsel,  and to vest and confirm in Assignee the legal and equitable
title and full use and benefit of all such patents.

     Inventor  hereby  authorizes  and requests the  attorneys of record in said
application  to insert in this  Assignment  the filing date and serial number of
said application when officially known.


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     Inventor  further  agrees with  Assignee  that this  Assignment  covers all
processes,  specifications,  procedures,  techniques  and  other  knowledge  and
information  now or hereafter  to known to Inventor  which are not in the public
domain and which relate to the  above-mentioned  invention or  improvement,  its
manufacture,  uses or  embodiments,  or other matters (the "Related  Know-How").
Inventor  agrees to disclose or provide  all Related  Know-How to Assignee  when
discovered or upon request.

     Inventor further covenants the Assignee will, upon its request, be provided
promptly with all pertinent  facts and documents  relating to said  application,
said  invention  and said  Letters  Patent  and  legal  equivalents  in  foreign
countries as may be known and  accessible to Inventor and will testify as to the
same in any interference or litigation related thereto and will promptly execute
and  deliver  to  Assignee  or its  legal  representative  any and  all  papers,
instruments or affidavits  required to apply for,  obtain,  maintain,  issue and
enforce  said  application,  said  invention  and said  Letters  Patent and said
equivalents  thereof in any foreign  country which may be necessary or desirable
to carry out the purposes thereof.

     Inventor's  rights in the  above-mentioned  invention  or  improvement  and
Related Know-How and any patent  application(s)  and Letters Patent thereon have
not been previously assigned,  mortgaged or otherwise  encumbered,  and Inventor
has full  right,  power and  authority  to assign  all such  rights to  Assignee
hereunder.

     As used herein,  the terms  "Inventor"  and  "Assignee"  shall include such
parties and their  heirs,  administrators,  estates,  successors  and assigns of
every kind.

     Inventor  hereby  authorizes and requests the  Commissioner  of Patents and
Trademarks  of  the  United  States,  and  all  foreign  countries'   equivalent
officials,  to issue such Letters Patent as shall be granted on said application
or applications based thereon to Assignee.

     DATED this 25th day of January, 2000.

                                                        /s/ GARTH W. GOBELI
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                                                        Garth W. Gobeli



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