ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,298,245, issued on May 13, was assigned to NEC Corp. (Tokyo).

"Detection device, assistance device and assistance method" was invented by Katsumi Maeda (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A detection device according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes a detection portion that contains a substance that emits fluorescence in a case of being irradiated with light when reacting with a plant hormone."

The patent was filed on July 7, 2022, under Application No. 17/859,364.

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