ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,467,848, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Q.ANT GMBH (Stuttgart, Germany).
"Sensor arrangement for detecting particle features" was invented by Helge Hattermann (Pliezhausen, Germany), Stefan Hengesbach (Stuttgart, Germany) and Michael Foertsch (Ansbach, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sensor arrangement for detecting features of particles includes an emitter for emitting electromagnetic radiation, a detector for receiving the electromagnetic radiation emitted from the emitter and for providing detector signals based on the received electromagnetic radiation, and a measurement volume irradiable by the electromagnetic radiation...