ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,352,628, issued on July 8, was assigned to ELETTRA-SINGCROTRONE TRIESTE S.C.P.A. (Trieste, Italy).

"Apparatus for measuring the polarization of an electromagnetic radiation and corresponding method of use" was invented by Antonio Caretta (Trieste, Italy), Simone Laterza (Trieste, Italy) and Marco Malvestuto (Duino-Aurisina, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention concerns an apparatus (50) for measuring the polarization of an electromagnetic radiation (100) in the Extreme Ultraviolet, comprising a source (200) of said radiation (100) and a polarimeter (10) on which said radiation (100) is incident. The polarimeter (10) can be c...