ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,422,303, issued on Sept. 23.

"Apparatus for measuring temperature" was invented by Kuang-Yu Hsu (Taoyuan, Taiwan), Chiao-Jung Tien (Taoyuan, Taiwan), Yi-Jing Chu (Taoyuan, Taiwan), Ming-Huang Lin (Taoyuan, Taiwan) and Ming-Hsien Hsiao (Taoyuan, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for non-contact measuring temperature includes a stand, for securing a vapor chamber, wherein the vapor chamber comprises a condenser area and an evaporator area, wherein the evaporator area comprises a heating spot; a continuous-wave laser device, facing the stand, for irradiating the heating spot by providing an infrared laser beam, wherein the...