US Patent Issued to HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS on July 15 for "Optical filter device and method for controlling optical filter device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,360,356, issued on July 15, was assigned to HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K. (Hamamatsu, Japan).

"Optical filter device and method for controlling optical filter device" was invented by Takashi Kasahara (Hamamatsu, Japan), Katsumi Shibayama (Hamamatsu, Japan), Masaki Hirose (Hamamatsu, Japan), Toshimitsu Kawai (Hamamatsu, Japan), Hiroki Oyama (Hamamatsu, Japan) and Yumi Kuramoto (Hamamatsu, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical filter device includes: a Fabry-Perot interference filter that includes: a first structural body having first and second surfaces; a second structural body having a third surface; a first mirror portion provided...