ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,259,339, issued on March 25, was assigned to LASERTEC Corp. (Yokohama, Japan).

"Light-source apparatus, inspection apparatus, and adjustment method" was invented by Jun Sakuma (Yokohama, Japan) and Ryotaro Mori (Yokohama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A light-source apparatus, an inspection apparatus, and an adjustment method capable of facilitating the adjustment of the temperature of a BBO crystal are provided. A light-source apparatus according to the present disclosure includes a first light source configured to generate visible light, a first external resonator including a plurality of optical mirrors, a BBO crystal disposed...