ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,504,377, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Hong Kong Applied Science And Technology Research Institute Co. Ltd (Shatin, Hong Kong).

"Hyperspectral imaging apparatus" was invented by Ming Leung Tse (Tuen Mun, Hong Kong), Ka Ki Woo (Tai Po, Hong Kong), Naixiang Wang (New Territories, Hong Kong) and Chun Chung Chan (Kowloon, Hong Kong).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A compact photoluminescence hyperspectral imaging apparatus comprises a fore-optics module and a spectrometer module. The fore-optics module has a line laser for line scanning a sample. The fore-optics module comprises optical components forming an emission light signal pathway ...