ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,372,221, issued on July 29, was assigned to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Light source system" was invented by Taisuke Nishimori (Osaka, Japan) and Hiroshi Kitano (Hyogo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A first light source device emits first light having a first wavelength. A second light source device emits second light having a second wavelength longer than the first wavelength. A splitting unit is configured to split the first light into third light having a third wavelength same as the first wavelength and fourth light having a fourth wavelength same as the first wavelength. A wavelength c...