ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,329,496, issued on June 17, was assigned to Agilent Technologies LDA UK Ltd. (Cheadle, Great Britain).
"Spectral analysis of a sample" was invented by Philip Valmont Wilson (Mount Waverly, Australia), William Parker (Oxford, Great Britain) and Joao Mendes-Lopes (Lisbon, Portugal).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatus and methods for spectral analysis of a sample are described, for example for carrying out Raman or other optical or spectroscopic analysis of samples such as pharmaceutical dosage forms, including oral solid dosage forms such as tablets or capsules. Such apparatus may comprise delivery optics arranged to direct probe light...