ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,298,239, issued on May 13, was assigned to SALVUS LLC (Valdosta, Ga.).

"Interferometric detection and quantification system and methods of use in aquatics" was invented by Ron Levin (Valdosta, Ga.), Clinton Beeland (Valdosta, Ga.), James LeFiles (Valdosta, Ga.), Joseph Egan (Atlanta), Timothy Zollers (Atlanta) and Jacob Thompson (Atlanta).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A point of use analyte detection and quantification system for aquatic applications is provided. Related methods are also provided."

The patent was filed on July 14, 2023, under Application No. 18/222,109.

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