ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,253,413, issued on March 18, was assigned to HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K. (Hamamatsu, Japan).

"Light detection device" was invented by Hiroki Oyama (Hamamatsu, Japan), Katsumi Shibayama (Hamamatsu, Japan), Takashi Kasahara (Hamamatsu, Japan), Masaki Hirose (Hamamatsu, Japan), Toshimitsu Kawai (Hamamatsu, Japan) and Yumi Kuramoto (Hamamatsu, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A spectroscopic sensor includes a wiring substrate having a main surface, a light detector disposed on the main surface of the wiring substrate, a Fabry-Perot interference filter, a spacer which is provided on the main surface of the wiring substrate and supports the ...