ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,352,694, issued on July 8, was assigned to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Detection device and detection method" was invented by Eiji Takeda (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A detection device is for detecting a detection target substance using a metal material modified with a first substance having a property of specifically binding to the detection target substance and a fluorescent material modified with a second substance having a property of specifically binding to the detection target substance. The detection device includes: a light source configured to emit light for exciting the f...