ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,480,857, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY (Scottsdale, Ariz.).

"Methods and related aspects of rapid microbial detection using intrinsic feature tracking" was invented by Shaopeng Wang (Chandler, Ariz.) and Fenni Zhang (Tempe, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein is a method of detecting microorganisms in liquid samples using image features, such as time profiles of object light scattering intensity and time profiles of object position. Related methods, devices, systems, and other aspects are also provided."

The patent was filed on Nov. 14, 2022, under Appl...