ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,315,201, issued on May 27, was assigned to LA TROBE UNIVERSITY (Melbourne, Australia).

"Automated method of identifying a structure" was invented by Brian Abbey (Melbourne, Australia) and Eugeniu Balaur (Melbourne, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An automated method of identifying a structure in a sample is disclosed. The method includes receiving at least one digital image of a sample wherein at least one localised structural property of the sample is visible in the image based on the colour of received light. The method involves processing the at least one image, based on the received colour information to selectively identify...