ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,368,040, issued on July 22, was assigned to ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI FISICA NUCLEARE (Frascati, Italy).

"Method and apparatus for the molecular atomic analysis of a fluid in the gaseous state" was invented by Giovanni Carugno (Frascati, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The embodiments relate to a method and an apparatus for the molecular atomic analysis of a fluid in the gaseous state, in particular the method includes introducing a fluid in the gaseous state into a collection chamber having a predetermined internal volume V and generating a laser beam through a laser device. The method may also include focusing the beam onto the fluid ...