ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,320,703, issued on June 3, was assigned to Becton Dickinson and Co. (Franklin Lakes, N.J.).

"Methods for spectrally resolving fluorophores of a sample and systems for same" was invented by Peter Mage (San Jose, Calif.) and Keegan Owsley (Campbell, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects of the present disclosure include methods for spectrally resolving light from fluorophores having overlapping fluorescence spectra in a sample. Methods according to certain embodiments include detecting light with a light detection system from a sample having a plurality of fluorophores having overlapping fluorescence spectra and spectrally resolving...