ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,540,849, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Buchi Labortechnik AG (Flawil, Switzerland).

"Handheld optical spectroscopy scanner" was invented by Botros George Iskander Shenouda (Cairo), Tarek Mohamed Zeinah (Cairo), Bassem Mortada (Cairo), Yasser M. Sabry (Cairo), Bassam Saadany (Cairo), Hussien Abouelnaga (Cairo), Mina Gad Seif (Cairo), Mohamed Sadek Radwan (Cairo), Mohamed H. Al-Haron (Cairo), Mostafa Medhat (Cairo) and Mohamed El-Arabawy (Cairo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects relate to a handheld spectroscopy scanner including an optical window configured to receive a sample and a housing having the optical window thereon. The ho...