ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,313,520, issued on May 27, was assigned to Becton Dickinson and Co. (Franklin Lakes, N.J.).

"Clustered wavelength division light detection systems and methods of using the same" was invented by Fedor Ilkov (Morgan Hill, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems for detecting light (e.g., in a flow stream) are described. Light detection systems according to certain embodiments include a wavelength separator configured to generate first, second and third predetermined spectral ranges of light from a light source and first, second and third light detection modules configured to receive each of the first, second and third predetermined s...