ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,276,600, issued on April 15, was assigned to Hyperspectral Corp. (Alexandria, Va.).

"Systems and methods for detecting foodborne pathogens using spectral analysis" was invented by Euan Mowat (Alexandria, Va.), Matthew Theurer (Alexandria, Va.), Sarah Rachel Hernandez (Austin, Texas) and Mario Martinez (Alexandria, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An example system includes a light intensity measuring apparatus couplable to a food processing apparatus and a computing system. The light intensity measuring apparatus includes a chamber configured to receive a water sample from the food processing apparatus, a light source, a detector config...