ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,510,483, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to INDATECH (Clapiers, France).

"Immersion tip and associated Raman probe" was invented by Fabien Chauchard (Clapiers, France) and Davinia Brouckaert (Clapiers, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Immersion tip of a probe for Raman spectroscopy comprising a cylindrical body equipped with a collimating optic and/or a window and designed to be immersed in a liquid to be analysed, the cylindrical body consisting of two parts separated by a slit intended to allow the liquid to be analysed to pass through it, the first part being hollow and traversed from a first end by light emission and reception s...