ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,510,461, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Becton Dickinson and Co. (Franklin Lakes, N.J.).

"Systems for light detection array multiplexing and methods for same" was invented by Austin Wu (San Jose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects of the present disclosure include systems for irradiating particles in a flow stream. Systems according to certain embodiments include a light source having a first laser configured to irradiate a flow stream at a first position and a second laser configured to irradiate the flow stream at a second position and a light detection system having a single light collection component configured to coll...