ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,411,092, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Optical monitoring device" was invented by Wooram Hong (Suwon-si, South Korea), Hyukju Kwon (Suwon-si, South Korea), Gahee Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Won Seok Oh (Suwon-si, South Korea), Hyunjeong Jeon (Suwon-si, South Korea), Hyun Do Choi (Suwon-si, South Korea), Minsu Chang (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Younsuk Choi (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides optical monitoring devices. In some embodiments, the optical monitoring device includes a heating stirrer, a floating barrel, and a support...