ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,504,389, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Republic of Korea (Chief of Presidential Security Service) (Seoul, South Korea).

"Method for determining atomic composition using four-color X-ray equipment" was invented by Je Hwan Jeon (Seoul, South Korea), Hyun Woo Lee (Seoul, South Korea) and Tae In Ryu (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a method for determining an atom using four-color X-ray equipment capable of determining which group an atom having a greatest atomic number among atoms constituting a material belongs on the periodic table."

The patent was filed on June 25, 2021, under Application No. 18/012,...