ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,449,405, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to QUALCOMM Inc. (San Diego).

"Photoacoustic device including a light guide system configured to transmit light through an electromagnetic interference (EMI)-reducing layer" was invented by Justin Tse (Poway, Calif.), Htet Naing (San Diego) and Hrishikesh Vijaykumar Panchawagh (Cupertino, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus may include a platen, an electromagnetic interference (EMI)-reducing system including a first EMI-reducing layer, a light source system and a receiver system. The light source system may include a light-emitting component, light source system circuitry and a ligh...