ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,345,707, issued on July 1, was assigned to Research & Business Foundation Sungkyunkwan University (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Fluorescence imaging-based device for detecting microorganisms and method for manufacturing the same" was invented by Nae Eung Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Won Il Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a fluorescence imaging-based device for detecting microorganisms, a manufacturing method thereof, and a method for detecting microorganisms using the same. The present invention relates to a fluorescence imaging-based device for detecting microorganisms which works...