ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,502,079, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to HI LLC (Culver City, Calif.).

"Instrument response function monitor on an optical measurement device" was invented by Isai Olvera (South Portland, Maine), Han Yong Ban (Los Angeles), Dakota Blue Decker (Los Angeles), Yaroslav Chekin (Venice, Calif.), Joshua Schmidt (Los Angeles) and Ryan Field (Culver City, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An illustrative optical measurement system may include a module comprising a light source configured to emit light directed at a target, a plurality of detectors configured to detect target photon arrival times of target photons of the light after the li...