ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,372,472, issued on July 29, was assigned to SHIMADZU Corp. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Micro-Raman device" was invented by Ryuta Shibutani (Kyoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A micro-Raman device includes a first laser light source, a second laser light source, a first holder, a second holder, a first ND filter, and a second ND filter. The first laser light source and the second laser light source generate first laser light of a first wavelength and second laser light of a second wavelength, respectively. The second wavelength is different from the first wavelength. The first laser light and the second laser light proceed in a second direc...