ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,529,635, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to RIGAKU Corp. (Tokyo).

"Thermal analysis apparatus" was invented by Koichiro Noritake (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A configuration is provided in which outside air is taken as a carrier gas into a carrier gas flow path (A, B). A CO2 sensor (specific gas detection sensor) (71) for detecting a CO2 gas desorbed from a sample is installed in a component gas detector (70). A CO2 sensor (air-containing specific gas detection sensor) (54) for detecting a CO2 gas contained in air taken into the carrier gas flow path by a blower fan (51) is installed separately. A CO2 gas detection amount detect...