ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,535,356, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to METROHM SPECTRO INC. (Plainsboro, N.J.).
"Self-homing optical device" was invented by Danial Clark Barkhurst (Laramie, Wyo.), Sean Patrick Woodward (Laramie, Wyo.), Keith Thompson Carron (Centennial, Wyo.) and Shane Alan Buller (Laramie, Wyo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Optical systems have uses, such as in spectrometers, for directing a beam. A spectrometer, for example, utilizes an optical system for directing an incident beam toward a sample and receiving a spectroscopy signal from the sample. In various implementations, for example, an optical system may be further configured to move a b...