ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,379,264, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Accure Acne Inc. (Boulder, Colo.).

"Self-calibrating temperature sensing apparatus for use with a photo-thermal targeted treatment system and associated methods" was invented by Michael John Estes (Lafayette, Colo.), Henrik Hofvander (Budapest, Hungary) and Aubrey Jean Eck (Arvada, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A scanner arrangement for a temperature measurement system for measuring a temperature of a measured surface is disclosed. The scanner arrangement includes a first temperature sensor and a reference assembly. The reference assembly includes an opening including a reference surface, ...