ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,313,614, issued on May 27.

"Method for identifying the quality of a liquid pharmaceutical product" was invented by Laura Rodriguez Garcia (Potsdam, Germany) and David Mainka (Potsdam, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and a system for identifying the quality of a liquid pharmaceutical product as described. The method comprises providing a liquid pharmaceutical product in a sealed container and arranging the sealed container such that the liquid pharmaceutical product forms a sample layer in a first portion of the sealed container. The method further comprises directing a light beam through the sample layer and measuring a s...